However, I would not recommend to trust his views. While he is insightful and interesting, he is also one of the most contrarian, provocation-loving people I know. Plus, these thoughts are published in a column for a small newspaper rather than an academic journal.
If you ever find someone who has seriously looked into that question, I’d be interested to know.
The basic question makes sense, though: walking and cycling use energy, too—just like cars do. And if the energy used for walking comes from eating climate-harming food, there is a question to be asked about the climate-friendliness of walking.
Thanks! I got the Idea from the question after vaguely hearing Adam Conover say something about it at the end of a snippet of one of the “Adam ruins everything” episodes, saying something along the lines of:
“Actually, walking can be EVEN WORSE than driving”.
Economics professor Reiner Eichenberger has looked into this: https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-15-november-2022-297375#live-blog-item-39683
However, I would not recommend to trust his views. While he is insightful and interesting, he is also one of the most contrarian, provocation-loving people I know. Plus, these thoughts are published in a column for a small newspaper rather than an academic journal.
If you ever find someone who has seriously looked into that question, I’d be interested to know.
The basic question makes sense, though: walking and cycling use energy, too—just like cars do. And if the energy used for walking comes from eating climate-harming food, there is a question to be asked about the climate-friendliness of walking.
Thanks! I got the Idea from the question after vaguely hearing Adam Conover say something about it at the end of a snippet of one of the “Adam ruins everything” episodes, saying something along the lines of:
“Actually, walking can be EVEN WORSE than driving”.
I’ll try to find the exact episode and link it.
Found it!
Thanks!