• @[email protected]
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    It’s plausible that it’s talking about electrical energy (Escalator, Lift etc) rather than physical. Though yeah I get where you’re coming from, would bother me also.

  • DreamButt
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    Y’all are taking this sign too literally. It’s pretty common to refer to electricity more generally as “energy.”

    • @[email protected]
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      Technically, yeah, 1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 1000 calories (cal), but in a lot of places (e.g. Americuh), we use the “Calorie” (with a capital C) in place of the kilocalorie.

      In other words:

      1 kilocalorie = 1 Calorie = 1000 calories
      (1 kcal = 1 Cal = 1000 cal)
      

      Yes, it is exactly as stupid as it sounds.

    • @[email protected]
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      Kinda true, but not because of the formula. Elevators are really efficient now because of constant innovation. The actual dilemma is that you ‘should’ use elevators if they are already installed, but considering their construction they are way less energy efficient.

    • @[email protected]
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      I suspect the actual energy cost of going up a few flights of stairs is entirely negligible compared to the subsequent reduction in energy usage for transportation of said human if their weight were reduced.

    • @[email protected]
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      Except elevators are about 1000 times less efficient than a human body. Please do research before claiming nonsense.

  • ArtieShaw
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    111 months ago

    I’m honestly more upset by kilogram calories in the explanation. But who knows. Maybe that’s how they do it somewhere.

  • @[email protected]
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    The sign is clearly made by a layperson who is using colloquialisms (colloquials? General terms for concepts they don’t fully understand).

    The intent of the sign is also pretty clear. One option you burn calories (seen as good since most people don’t move enough) and the other you don’t. They also tried to tie in (electrical) energy conservation for the people that care about it.

    Why not make an improved sign and replace it of it bothers you so much? Or, don’t let a sign bother you when the intent is clear and the message is likely understood by most people.

    At the end of the day it’s a sign trying to get people to exercise more, which I think most could agree is useful.