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Tag Archives: environment
The latest Minnesota college rivalry
As good as it gets!
Traditional woodworking and the world around us
Silver Lining
Domestic oil drilling: A reality check
Driving vs. Flying
See Hypermilers, The key number is MPGPP (miles per gallon per person). The article looks at cross-country (New York-LA) travel. I would like to see the figures for Minneapolis-Chicago (trust CNN to ignore “flyover country”) and to include Megabus in the comparison.
Gas prices and greenhouse gas
Bicycle and bus
I rode my bicycle to and from the Rosedale park-and-ride (about three miles each way) both Monday and Tuesday. From there I took an express bus to work in downtown Minneapolis as I usually do. I gave my knees a break yesterday and drove to Rosedale, but I was back on the bike this morning. I hope to manage 3-4 carless commutes each week through the summer and early fall.
Long ago I read an article arguing that per passenger mile the bicycle was the most energy-efficient form of transportation known, not only to homo sapiens, but throughout the animal kingdom. It was in a reputable scientific publication, Physics Today IIRC, with plenty of numbers, equations, and graphs. I wonder if I could track down a copy of it.