[Greenbuilding] heretical observation

[Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn]

Ahh, but that is why I mentioned the vegan Hare Krishna diet!
Not to go on a vegan or Hare Krishna rant, since I am neither, but I
do acknowledge their benefits.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231


On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are a bunch of attempts to calculate what we might call bicycling mpg
> for short.
> Here's one
> http://truecostblog.com/2010/05/27/fuel-efficiency-modes-of-transportation-ranked-by-mpg/
>
> Where I'd differ with you, Corwyn, is that the differential between what we
> eat anyway, and what we eat if we sit on a pedal powered machine is the
> relevant quantity. Those extra calories or BTUs I think we are able to
> convert into electricity at better rates than your 10:1 ratio suggests.
>
> Besides, even though my electricity comes from wind turbines I've wanted to
> power my fridge with a pedal generator for longer than I've been a member of
> this greenbuilding list. BTUs are only one parameter. And we grow our own
> veggies!
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Corwyn <corwyn at midcoast.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/5/2012 12:58 PM, Gennaro wrote:
>>>
>>> Technically that is a quadruple bam. Exercise, lower fridge bill, lower
>>> heating bill from lower thermostat setting AND heating from your body.
>>
>>
>> This only works if you can find food which is cheaper per BTU than
>> whatever you are heating with.  For Americans in aggregate, this isn't even
>> remotely likely.  As I am sure is known to all here, it takes about 10 BTUs
>> of fossil fuel to make 1 BTU of food in the American agro-business system.
>> Do the 'Bam' math for yourself.
>>
>
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