MPG

My total cost of ownership post was lacking in data. I felt the need to rectify the situation, so when I got home tonight I wrote a little program to aid in calculation, and started entering data. Bicycle rider efficiency is 500mpg (maybe closer to 1000mpg if I wasn't so fat), but since I don't drink gasoline the calculation gives a value based on calories per dollar. Enjoy!

First, regular milk again to verify my earlier results:

Milk (1% milkfat)
%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 16
enter cost per package: 3
enter cals per unit: 110
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 17.61 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 28.38 equivalent to automotive mpg

Great! now for chocolate milk, which has more calories for the same money...

Chocolate Milk:
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 16
enter cost per package: 3
enter cals per unit: 220
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 8.80 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 56.77 equivalent to automotive mpg

Cinnamon Toast Crunch:
[esax@finch:~/bin]%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 12
enter cost per package: 2
enter cals per unit: 130
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 19.87 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 16.77 equivalent to automotive mpg

Cheerios:
[esax@finch:~/bin]%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 14
enter cost per package: 3.79
enter cals per unit: 110
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 20.12 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 31.37 equivalent to automotive mpg

Tomatoes:
[esax@finch:~/bin]%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 2
enter cost per package: 3
enter cals per unit: 37
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 418.91 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 1.19 equivalent to automotive mpg

Eggs (2)
[esax@finch:~/bin]%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 6
enter cost per package: 1.29
enter cals per unit: 199
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 25.96 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 8.28 equivalent to automotive mpg

Dollar menu double cheeseburger from Macdo's
[esax@finch:~/bin]%perl calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 1
enter cost per package: 1
enter cals per unit: 440
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 70.45 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 2.36 equivalent to automotive mpg

Pizza!
[esax@finch:~]%bin/calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 8
enter cost per package: 12
enter cals per unit: 300
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 12.91 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 154.83 equivalent to automotive mpg

Butter
[esax@finch:~]%bin/calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 4
enter cost per package: 1.19
enter cals per unit: 810
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 9.56 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 20.72 equivalent to automotive mpg

Granulated sugar
[esax@finch:~]%bin/calc_mpg.pl
Enter rider efficiency: 500
enter units per package: 10
enter cost per package: 4
enter cals per unit: 770
Assuming gas has 31000 calories at 3 $ per gallon..
You need 4.02 packages for a gallon of gas
You're getting 165.59 equivalent to automotive mpg

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Remember, this is an efficiency comparison with respect to dollars per calorie. That's why it's surprising that Macdo's is so low on the totem, Milk is just super cheap and has tons of calories per dollar. I'm not sure you get 8 slices that are 300 calories for 12 dollars, but pizza might be the most efficient food of all.

Sooo... the lesson is to eat cheerios with chocolate milk for breakfast, a cup of sugar for lunch, and pizza for dinner. This may have a negative feedback on your efficiency though...

Notes:
-Rider efficiency is at 500mpg, or 500 miles per 31000 calories. When I lose weight this may approach 1000mpg, so for a healthier rider, double all my final mpg calculations.
- I'm cool! Promise! Please be my friend on facebook. :-/