Comments on: How Many Gallons of Fuel Does it Take to Travel 350 Miles?

By: Kevin Wright

Kevin Wright — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:45:20 +0000

From my experience with long-distance biking, the cost of the food required to bike 350 miles far exceeds the cost of gasoline. I seem to recall 30-40 cents per mile for food is what I calculated.

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::: Think Macro ::: Â» Reading blogs #14 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:27:27 +0000

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:16:49 +0000

[...] How Many Gallons of Fuel Does it Take to Travel 350 Miles? :Â GOOD Magazine, in collaboration with Robert A. Di Leso, Jr., explores fuel use by various modes of transportation. In what is essentially a fancied up bar chart, we see how many gallons of fuel it takes for a passenger to travel 350 miles by cruise ship, Amtrak, Boeing 737, Sedan, hybrid, etc. A couple of non-fuel modes of transportation are included as well using caloric conversions. It’ll take about 48 Whoppers with cheese to walk 350 miles. Good to know, especially since I was planning on walking 350 miles today. Totally kidding. I’m walking 360. Like a circle. [...]

By: mokay

mokay — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:05:49 +0000

In addition to the other astute observations about the poor analysis represented by this figure, I’d like to point out another problem. Many of these modes of movement represent different services provided, and thus, the bars are not on the same basis!

350 miles travelled by someone in their SUV are (for the most part) miles they needed to travel. 350 miles travelled on a cruise ship just don’t t deliver the same amount of, well, function. Similarly, people donâ€™t generally walk long, or even moderate distances to get somewhere. Theyâ€™re trying to burn off the cheeseburgers!

Plus, it’s not clear if these oil cans represent the total energy used or just the propulsion energy.

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Bicycles sure are efficient modes of transport « City Positive — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:42:58 +0000

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By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:54:22 +0000

That’s really an entirely different graphic. What about the cost of importing oil? Producing it? What was the cost of hiring workers? What about management? What was the time that it took for all that? What fuel was used in transportation? Where did the fuel to transport fuel come from?

By: example

example — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:39:54 +0000

They say ‘16 hamburgers or 1/4th a tank of gas” but it sounds like they’re comparing the direct energy. It would be more intresting if they calculated the actual fuel costs involved in producing the food. I’d bet it takes more fuel calories to produce calories of char-broiled beef then you actual get out of a hamburger.

By: Mitch P.

Mitch P. — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:08:53 +0000

Of course, bicyclists don’t actually consume gasoline, and converting gasoline to cheeseburgers is very ineffcient… here’s an interesting analysis: http://ideas.4brad.com/holy-co.....ne-driving

And a fairly thoughtful evaluation of the actual efficiencies of various forms of transit:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/transit-myth.html

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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:54:08 +0000

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By: Michael Bean

Michael Bean — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:53:44 +0000

Here’s my attempt at cleaning up Good Magazine’s graphic:
http://flickr.com/photos/ablem.....4/sizes/o/