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  1. Will that get people to finally ride bicycles? Going for a loaf of
    bread and a gallon of milk in a 6,000 car never made sense.

    crit PRO

  2. lbs.... 6000 pound

  3. http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/backyard/sections/southcentral/southcentral2.html


  4. Quoted message said:

    Will that get people to finally ride bicycles? Going for a loaf of
    bread and a gallon of milk in a 6,000 car never made sense.

    crit PRO


    Recently I had a discussion with some fellow cyclists on how much gas
    would have to be, before the general public climbed on bikes. Our consensus
    was $40 / gallon, so we have a way to go yet. First they would get smaller
    cars, then motorcycles, then scooters, and finally mopeds. If they begun
    rationing gas, then of course they would be forced on bikes, very quickly.

  5. "CowPunk" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/mag/2004/173/mos/

    Energy efficiency of a one-mile urban trip by a 2003 Honda Civic, in
    miles per gallon
    32 mpg

    Is the driver fueled by meat or by bread? You need to factor that in.

  6. Quoted message said:

    Man cannot live by bread alone. What's the energy cost
    of beer?

    Huge. After beer consumption, I often don't have the energy to do anything
    for at least until late in the afternoon the next day.

    --
    E. Dronkert

  7. "Callistus Valerius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    If they begun
    rationing gas, then of course they would be forced on bikes, very quickly.

    Sugar cane.

    http://tinyurl.com/9xccl

  8. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Man cannot live by bread alone. What's the energy cost
    of beer?

    Ewoud Dronkert said:

    Huge. After beer consumption, I often don't have the energy to do anything
    for at least until late in the afternoon the next day.

    Perhaps Red Bull should consider adding a caffeine laced beer to their
    product list.

  9. Ewoud Dronkert said:
    Quoted message said:

    Man cannot live by bread alone. What's the energy cost
    of beer?

    Huge. After beer consumption, I often don't have the energy to do anything
    for at least until late in the afternoon the next day.

    Must be higher for tequila.

  10. Donald Munro said:

    Perhaps Red Bull should consider adding a caffeine laced beer to their
    product list.

    Like the coffee enema, I wouldn't have thought of that, but of course:
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=caffeinated+beer&btnG=Google+Search

    --
    E. Dronkert

  11. gym.gravity said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    What's the energy cost of beer?

    Huge. After beer consumption, I often don't have the energy to do anything
    for at least until late in the afternoon the next day.

    Must be higher for tequila.

    On the other hand,
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050922/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_mexico_tequila

    --
    E. Dronkert

  12. <[email hidden]> wrote ...

    Quoted message said:


    Man cannot live by bread alone. What's the energy cost
    of beer?

    What are you, a preacher or something?

    JF

    --
    http://spaces.msn.com/members/flomblog/

  13. "Donald Munro" <[email hidden]> wrote ...

    Quoted message said:


    Perhaps Red Bull should consider adding a caffeine laced beer to their
    product list.

    I thought it was vodka.

    --
    http://spaces.msn.com/members/flomblog/

  14. Donald Munro said:
    Quoted message said:

    Perhaps Red Bull should consider adding a caffeine laced beer to their
    product list.

    Jim Flom said:

    I thought it was vodka.

    Ask Ryan, he the rbr minister of alcoholic affairs.

  15. Donald Munro said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Man cannot live by bread alone. What's the energy cost
    of beer?

    Ewoud Dronkert said:

    Huge. After beer consumption, I often don't have the energy to do
    anything for at least until late in the afternoon the next day.

    Perhaps Red Bull should consider adding a caffeine laced beer to their
    product list.

    You're already covered on this:

    http://www.anheuser-busch.com/news/BtoE_100404.htm

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml

    --
    Bill Asher

  16. Two points

  17. Quoted message said:


    If they're going to include that, they ought to include the
    energy used to transport the gas to the gas station, the
    energy used to deliver the car to the dealer vs the same
    for the bicycle, etc etc. The energy used to repair the
    roads (a 2000 pound car wears roads more than a 200 pound
    Masters Fattie) ... where do you stop?


    Don't stop... keep going and you'll get to the end eventually. Real
    energy costs for cars are huge... and then there are all the other
    costs.

    How about the extra energy a fat person driving their car burns just
    being alive?

  18. CowPunk said:

    Energy efficiency of a one-mile urban trip by a 2003 Honda Civic, in
    miles per gallon
    32 mpg

    Quoted message said:

    Energy efficiency of a one-mile urban trip by bicycle, when the cyclist
    is fueled by meat
    31 mpg

    Quoted message said:

    But...energy efficiency of a one-mile urban trip by bicycle when the
    cyclist is fueled by bread
    300 mpg

    It takes 9-11 lbs of grain to produce one lb of beef. There is a
    ridiculous amount of transportation embedded in 1 lb of beef. eat low
    on the food chain and live. 'nuff said.

    - Don Gillies
    San Diego, CA

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