In addition to my book recommendation yesterday (https://qoto.org/@bloc/109377741972697407), I'd like to share this gem, even if the original article is in German:
https://www.handelszeitung.ch/politik/klima-auto-schlagt-velo-und-ov-545475
This one is a textbook example of bullshit, although a pretty obvious one. For those not capable of the German language:
A professor of financial and economics tries to work out the numbers showing why bicycle and public transport are worse options going by car in terms of climate effects.
For public transport, he argues that even why those may be powered by green, locally generated electricity, this electricity could otherwise be provided to the power grid, therefore public transport was the reason CO2-intensive power plants could not be taken of the grid.
For bike, he compares the CO2 footprint of a 5 Liter per 100 km (app. 47 mpg) car with 4 passengers (no, this is certainly not the standard here) to the additional food intake a biker would need to handle longer travels (seriously!), which, for the calculation to carry home the point, is assumed to be almost pure beef.
