How Far Can You Go on a Slice?
Apr 14, 2011 at 9:32 AM 13 Comments
From the Commuter Central archives, we bring you a post we first published in July, 2008. It fits perfectly with our theme of the month, transportation and the environment.
After a weekend of pizza, burrritos and artichokes, the SmartTrips Business team began to wonder just how far the fuel we stuffed our faces with would take us.
With the help of Marcia D. Lowe's The Bicycle: Vehicle for a Small Planet, we were able to determine how much distance we could travel on 350 calories - equivalent to a slice of cheese pizza or a bowl of rice.
If you are on foot, that slice will take you 3.5 miles. That's longer than more than 40% of the trips made in the U.S.
If you ride a bike, those 350 calories will fuel you for a 10 mile trip. That's practically riding from Vancouver to Portland.
And what if we converted that slice of pizza to the energy equivalent in gasoline? It would take you a measley 100 feet.
image courtesy of www.sunshinejones.com
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SSW
July 30, 2008 at 7:29 PM
It would take you a greasy 100 feet.
Michael Andersen
April 14, 2011 at 11:54 AM
That's assuming you're also trying to move a two-ton vehicle with the gasoline? Because I had a glass of gasoline once and it really pepped me up.
Steve Hoyt-McBeth
April 14, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Michael, I think there are many more palatable Portland beverages to slake your thirst and rev you up.
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