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Is this based on a special diet? Even walking burns calories... I mean a lot less than moving at 60mph, but still those groceries had to get to the city center
by kurthr 4y ago
Is this based on a special diet?
Even walking burns calories... I mean a lot less than moving at 60mph, but still those groceries had to get to the city center somehow, and the fertilizer didn't make itself.
- 8note 4y agoIf you're counting that, the efficiencies of using all the electricity to communicate and heat/cool your home because you're in it also matter
- kurthr 4y agoWell, I was responding to a comment only about commuting, but yes. Housing costs and the energy (including direct construction, for those who made it and profited from it, and maintenance/heat etc) used are enormous. It's 30-40% of most people's budget both $ and Carbon. If you're living in a $1M+ house to avoid $10k worth of annual commuting the environmental savings may not be worth it.
- bombolo 4y agoWell the home gets heated anyway. The fridge pump is pumping anyway.
- jonas21 4y agoEveryone is encouraged to get a certain number of steps in per day (often 10,000) for health. If you don't get those steps walking to the office, you're going to have to get them some other way, like by going for a walk without a purpose or, worse, using a treadmill that also consumes energy in the process.