The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Still by far the least amount of necessary infrastructure needed for any means of transit except walking.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah but the comparison is with fishes and birds

[-] jnod4@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

As long as somebody laid down the rivers and the mountains, which took a couple billions yrs

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