Quote from: RE on Nov 22, 2023, 01:11 PMIt is a hard number to quantify, some assumptions need to be made but roughly if a young fit slave you should net 1kwh of work from him, less as they age.Quote from: K-Dog on Nov 22, 2023, 11:04 AMAs Diners know a barrel of oil is worth 20,000 energy slaves.
I didn't know the math that way. According to Jason Heppenstall, Homo Saps on the planet are the equivalent of 22 Billion Energy Slaves. Divide by 8 Billion people, 1 person= ~3 Energy Slaves. How much is an energy slave worth? 1 gallon of gas? 1 Kw of electricity? 1 Joule? 1 BTU? Dunno.
Because capitalism is eating the planet.
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