Now to crunch the numbers for 2009…
Commute: (6.85 mi [drive] + 47.4 mi [train] + 1.29 mi [subway]) x 2 = 111.08 mi daily x 255 days ----------------- 28,325.4 mi Flying: 3,656 mi x 2 = 7,312 mi 779 mi x 2 = 1,558 mi = 8,870.0 mi Walk: 1,065.0 mi Etc (misc, pretty random guess here): ~1,000.0 mi ---------------- Total: 39,260.4 mi Velocity for 2009: 39,260.4 / 8,760 = 4.43 mph Laps around Earth: 39,260 mi / 24,901.55 mi (earth circumference at equator) = 1.58 laps
Not bad, more than a lap around the earth! At an average distance of 238,857 miles it would still take 6.08 years to make it to the moon.