No, I didn't.
I said your definition of "effort" was dubious.
Though you persist in making a fool of yourself using a wrong defintion of work. And that practically matters, because as repeatedly explained doing work against gravity is NOT where most of your energy goes in cycling.
That leads you to say things like this howler of ignorance:
Likewise, riding a 30-pound bike 1 mile is the same amount of work as riding a 15-pound bike 2 miles
Overall, your argument is bunk.
What's your proposal for equalizing the workout between the same rider on the same bike on the same route, on two days with different weather? Or between getting enough sleep the night before and not? Or between the light halfway up the big climb being red and with actual cross traffic or not?
When you play a mind game with yourself, that's all you're accomplishing.