[bpodgursky]

Did you read the article? They compare bicycling too.

Also, a lot of fossil fuels are used grow and transport food the food you eat. It's not immediately obvious to me that the fossil fuel impact of growing the food, transporting it, and packaging it is less than the fuel to move a car in the first place.

[ricksplat]

If you're going that far perhaps factor in the costs of drilling and shipping fossil fuels on the other side ... admittedly it probably is a factor or so less than the proportion associated with foodstuffs - but - the foodstuffs side has plenty of room for optimisation whereas the fossil fuels side is on a degenerative trend