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From: John Rennie on 1 Feb 2010 07:54 Earl Evleth wrote: > On 1/02/10 12:32, in article 00f040ea$0$15652$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, "Mr > Q. Z. Diablo" <diablo(a)thisbitisnotreal.freakishandunnatural.net> wrote: > >>> Only because a motor vehicle is heavier. However, it may well be more >>> efficient overall, as it is designed for its purpose, whereas a human being >>> riding a bicycle is not. >> You are a loony. You don't believe that towing a 2 tonne vehicle around with >> a >> 150+ kW engine is efficient do you? Oh, you do? > > > Year ago, Scientific American did a study on what was the cheapes way > to travel. It boiled down to walking vs the bicycle. Walking was more > expensive since shoes wear out faster than bicycle tires. > > That is cost and not calorie expenditure. > > from http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-122791.html > > Bicycling, light effort (10 to 11.9 mph) 400 calories an hour comes > out to about 40 calories a mile for a 150 pound person. > > Walking consumes about 70 extra calories per mile. So biking > moderately is less energy consuming by around 50%. As most know that cycling is the most energy efficient mode of transport the above is not exactly mind blowing, Earl. Jon has stated that he does around 35 kilometres a day - I doubt whether he would ever care to walk that distance. > > Gasoline has about 32000 calories per gallon. If a car gets 30 miles > to a gallon that comes to about 1000 calories / mile. A car > uses 25 times that. However, if you put 25 people in the car > you come out even. > > I would be best to drink the gasoline and take your bike > > > > > uses >
From: James Silverton on 1 Feb 2010 08:42 Bill wrote on Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:27:43 +0000: > Mxsmanic wrote: >> >> Bill Bonde {Colourless green ideas don't sleep furiously) writes: >> > >> The corn ones are better for you since they don't need the > >> saturated fat. Flour tortillas have a lot of fat in them. >> >> From where? It's just bread. >> > It's made with saturated fat. You can get low-fat, high-fiber, low-carb tortillas from "La Tortilla Factory" of California. They seem to have national distribution even if their taste is nothing special. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
From: Gregory Morrow on 1 Feb 2010 09:24 Magda wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:34:52 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, John Rennie > <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked > like this: > > > ... You are an abusive person aren't you, Magda? > > No, dahhhhhhhhling - Billy Stupid is. > > He can't even read, for heavens' sake! Lol... :-) -- Best Greg
From: Gregory Morrow on 1 Feb 2010 10:16 Magda wrote: > On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:14:27 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth > <evleth(a)wanadoo.fr> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On 1/02/10 12:54, in article > 17SdnUlwr8pnXfvWnZ2dnUVZ8opi4p2d(a)giganews.com, ... "John Rennie" > <john-rennie(a)talktalk.net> wrote: ... > ... >> Just goes to show that we can't really agree about anything > much. I'm OK ... >> with > ... >> a good mash but one has to keep moving in order to offset > such stuff. It's ... >> not > ... >> about the high GI, BTW. It's more about the butter and milk > that tend to get ... >> used. > ... >> > ... > I don't know how old you are, Jon, but I guess around the late > 30s. ... > When you're 75 or so you tend not to keep moving that > much except, ... > of course, for the brisk short walks which I keep > promising ... > myself to do any day now > ... > ... My secret, at 78 is to chase girls. Unfortunately my walker > ... does not permit to catch them. > > Gaston is not much of a help in the chase, is he? ;) > IIRC Gaston has passed on to doggie heaven... -- Best Greg
From: Earl Evleth on 1 Feb 2010 10:23
On 1/02/10 16:00, in article t2rdm5padhc8b1a5gd2r50na624aj98bg6(a)4ax.com, "Magda" <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > .. My secret, at 78 is to chase girls. Unfortunately my walker > ... does not permit to catch them. > > Gaston is not much of a help in the chase, is he? ;) Gaston is gone to dog heaven two years ago. We know have a new wire haired dachs, Britanie. |