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It only takes a little bit of pressure from your foot on the gas to make the car go. And the mental energy to lighten up on the pressure when the car gets to s
by derekp7 12y ago
It only takes a little bit of pressure from your foot on the gas to make the car go. And the mental energy to lighten up on the pressure when the car gets to speed. Or are you referring to the energy that gets expended by long-dead dinosaurs? For that, the cost of my entire trip to work is paid for during my first 5-10 minutes of working -- during which time I'm getting my morning coffee, and flipping through email. So not much energy there either.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoHe's referring to the long-dead dinosaurs, clearly. You know, the ones we pay for by the gallon. Not everyone makes as much as you do either.
- derekp7 12y agoActually, quite a few people on here make more than I do. If you take the median U.S. salary (50K), and median commute distance (10 miles), that is still paying for the trip to work within the first 10 - 15 minutes (depending on car gas mileage). So the effort of accelerating from a stop sign is still way less than a minutes worth of work. And that is the energy that the original (bicycle) post was referring to -- the effort that you feel, not the externalized cost.