Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I still think you should do a study logging your cost of calories consumed for commutes and compare it to actual gasoline cost driving the same route.
That would make sense if a person considered eating food and drinking a chore, duty or some other form of transportation tax that must be paid/endured, rather than being one of life's pleasures.
I prefer to think of the additional food/drink that bicycling allows me to eat/drink, without gaining weight, as an added benefit of bicycling, regardless of the cash paid for the additional pleasure.