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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

IDemo

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6. You'd have to figure out how many calories you burn per mile

Reply to Kennah (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 04:02 PM

Jul 2013

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question527.htm

A person riding a bicycle at 15 miles per hour (24 km per hour) burns 0.049 calories per pound per minute. So a 175-pound (77-kg) person burns 515 calories in an hour, or about 34 calories per mile (about 21 calories per km).

A gallon of gasoline (about 4 liters) contains about 31,000 calories. If a person could drink gasoline, then a person could ride about 912 miles on a gallon of gas (about 360 km per liter). Considering that a normal car gets about 30 miles per gallon, that's pretty impressive!

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1685 MPG [View all] Fumesucker Apr 2013 OP

Studied your link for a bit. ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #1

66 Chevelle Fumesucker Jun 2013 #2

CID?? -curious ole mechanic like to know ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #3

Lots of small blocks, only a few LT1 Fumesucker Jun 2013 #4

So then am I getting infinity miles per gallon since I commute via a conventional bike? Kennah Jul 2013 #5

You'd have to figure out how many calories you burn per mile IDemo Jul 2013 #6

Imagine MiddleFingerMom on a bike after eating beans, and the mind boggles Kennah Jul 2013 #7