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Originally Posted by MadisonMPG
I grow all of my food on my farm, with my animals that I slaughter personally. Your point is invalid for me.
Seriously though, this doesn't really make sense to me, at all. I eat the same thing when I bike that I would eat when I drive.
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Actually, the point is still valid, only on a slightly larger scale. You have to pay for feed for the life of those animals, and care, so you have one more thing to consider in the "bigger picture".
Of course, the study has to consider the pollution created by growing the food that was burned in the act of bicycling versus driving, etc.
There are alot more factors than fuel in/energy out.
The point, however, isn't whether or not you eat, rather that you'd have to eat more to sustain a higher energy level for biking, for a commute, for instance. Or, you could drive, and save the extra food and all the fuel/crap used to create it.