Study: Walking to work may actually be bad for the environment

You might think that walking to work is good for both you and the environment, but a new study says you might be wrong about the last part.

Researchers from two universities estimate that, in a country with high-calorie diets, such as the U.K., walking for one kilometer (which is just over half of a mile) would require the person to eat food that would have generated around 0.26 kilograms of carbon dioxide, compared to 0.21 kilograms that would be generated by the gas used in a car.

The issue is that growing food requires a lot of energy to be used between fertilizer, transport, and packaging.

The study also found that bicycling was the best way to get to work for the environment, followed by ridesharing.

The researchers say companies and governments should consider this finding before encouraging people to walk to work as opposed to suggesting other transport options.