Humans get 384 MPG.

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A gallon of gasoline contains 31,584 calories. An average human, walking 3 mph, requires 246 calories per hour. Ergo, humans get 384 miles to the gallon, David Archer calculates. Thus we can see that my Volvo requires gets 0.37 miles per Big Mac. (Via Kottke)

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2 replies on “Humans get 384 MPG.”

  1. Using those figures, I calculate that I get around 550 miles (quite probably more than that) to the gallon while riding my bicycle (based on ~1,000 calories/hour for a 17.5 mph pace). Granted, the amount of food required to produce 31,584 calories costs substantially more than $3.

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