People of The Oil Drum are dedicated, among other things, to calculate how much oil would eat into our lives by the energy equivalence between what we eat and the raw. The result is striking: the calories we consume in the form of food to live 45 years equivalent, energy, four barrels of oil .
Two brief conclusions:
1 - or our system of food-energy conversion does not seem very efficient or the foods we eat contain too little "energy." They will have to be that way for life to exist.
2 - These numbers make me think that the machines we build are less efficient yet. If humans are 45 years 4 barrel, why consume both cars, microwave, washing machine ...?
Finally, I recommend reading the original article by the results he produces. Seen
TreeHugger.
Two brief conclusions:
1 - or our system of food-energy conversion does not seem very efficient or the foods we eat contain too little "energy." They will have to be that way for life to exist.
2 - These numbers make me think that the machines we build are less efficient yet. If humans are 45 years 4 barrel, why consume both cars, microwave, washing machine ...?
Finally, I recommend reading the original article by the results he produces. Seen
TreeHugger.
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