eli5 Conserving energy and water in the desert, by simply only moving at night

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Shouldn’t you be able to drastically conserve power while also having a lot less headach by just driving or walking ar night?

Let’s say you’re driving with a bike, several liters of water and a tent.
You stay in the tent at day, always being in the shadows. (Putting up covers and “sunshields”. You’re drinking as normal and when the sun goes down, you start driving until it rises again, the cycle repeats.

Wouldn’t that be the most relaxed way through the desert possible

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Never done any desert survival myself but I’ve read multiple resources that say this is the move.

Moving during the day makes you sweat, so you need way more water. If you try to stay as cool as possible when the sun is out and only move when it’s cold you save the water you would have sweated out. The risk of hypothermia is a concern though so it might have to be a judgement call.

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