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" "À bicyclette, l'homme va de trois à quatre fois plus vite qu'à pied, tout en dépensant cinq fois moins d'énergie. En terrain plat, il lui suffit alors de dépenser 0,15 calorie pour transporter un gramme de son corps sur un kilomètre. La bicyclette est un outil parfait qui permet à l'homme d'utiliser au mieux son énergie métabolique pour se mouvoir : ainsi outillé, l'homme dépasse le rendement de toutes les machines et celui de tous les animaux.
Ivan Illich (4 September 1926 – 2 December 2002) was an Austrian-born Christian anarchist, author, polymath, and polemicist.
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