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by frankus 2545 days ago
Bottom line is that bikes are efficient because they’re slow and light, not necessarily because they’re human powered.

In both cases the energy use is lower than lots of things that we don’t think of in terms of energy.

By way of comparison, a hot shower used about 300 Wh (a full charge on a smallish ebike battery) every minute.

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Long ago I measured how much water I needed too. Two steps:

    - soaping: 1 glass of cold water
    - cleaning: 1 glass of cold water
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