[Paddlewise] Re : BTU per passenger moved

From: Michel Charlebois <michelcharlebois_at_videotron.ca>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:59:01 -0500
If you calculate the energy necessary to construct the road a bicycle need
to roll on, a kayak could be more efficient.

Think of the first discoverers and settlers that came to populate North
America. They where able to cross the continent relying almost only on their
own effort. If they had to construct pathway for their bicycle they could
still be at it. 

Michel Charlebois


Le 06/12/12 07:48, + Matt Broze ; <mkayaks_at_oz.net> a icrit :

> If we limit this to locomotion for a single individual I think you would
> find the bicycle way more efficient than the kayak given a level playing
> field anyhow. 
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