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by fovc 2821 days ago
Agriculture + metabolism has a much lower emissions per km than gas powered cars.

Also, your emissions are ultimately plant based, so the only real net emissions are due to producing fertilizers and machinery for agriculture and the embedded emissions in your bike, to the extent those are oil/gas/coal based.

[1] https://ecf.com/news-and-events/news/how-much-co2-does-cycli...