Dear Carl, Thanks for that. I'll have to rethink my calculations.
Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-09-22 04.53, Carl Sorenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pat wrote: >> When you are sleeping you are still using energy at about 250 joule per > hour >> to keep your basic metabolism operating; this goes up to about 335 J/h when >> you are sitting, and about 500 J/h when standing. This increases to between >> 800 J/h and 1 600 J/h when you walk depending on whether you are on flat >> ground or going uphill. Running needs about 2 000 J/h. >> Your day of energy use might go something like this: 8 hours sleep uses >> 2�000�J; 4 hours of standing at work takes 2�000�J; 4 hours of walking at >> work takes 3�200 J; 4 hours of reading, writing, and watching TV uses >> 1�340�J; 1 hour of vigorous exercise takes 2�000�J; and 3 hours of eating >> dressing and chatting takes 1�500�J; altogether this day would use about >> 12�000�J or 12�kilojoules of energy. > > A normal person will use somewhere in the ballpark of 2000 dietary calories > per day, which is about 8 MJ. This works out to an average rate of about > 100 W, or 360 kJ/h. > > Carl >
