I saw a news report recently about some cycling eco-mentalists. And one of them said:
"So your car does how many miles to the gallon? My bike does an infinite miles per gallon!"
Oh, really? Do you fill your bicycle with a gallon of fuel and it just goes forever? I’m betting not. Bicycles don’t run on petrol or diesel (obviously), they’re human powered, and humans don’t run on petrol either (also, obviously). Just as the bicycle gets its energy from you, you get yours from food. Food is farmed. Farms tend to use giant diesel-powered machines to collect crops and move livestock. Slaughterhouses and processing facilities use electricity that comes from coal and nuclear power plants. Then more diesel trucks deliver all this processed food to your supermarket. The store uses electricity to keep everything fresh and so that you can see what you're buying. Then you pedal down there and buy your weekly supply of steak so that you can power your infinite bicycle and be all smug about it.
I understand what you’re trying to say, but the way you say it makes you look like a totally clueless look-at-me-I-care-about-the-environment sheep.
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