You're right. my bad. I typed too fast before I fully had woke up. :) On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:52 AM, James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A diet of 2000 kcal/d is closer to 8.4 MJ/d than it is to 6.8 MJ/d. In my > presentations, I promote the 10 MJ diet for healthy, non-sedentary men. > > Jim > > Phil Chernack wrote: > >> Pat, >> I think your measurements are a bit off. I believe you mean GJ not MG for >> the amount of energy from a barrel of oil. Average dietary (or at least >> recommended intake in the U.S.) is 2000 kcal or about 6.8 MJ per day. >> Also, when it comes to cost, you are confusing energy with work. The >> human cost represents work done and the value of that work which includes >> far more than the energy used to produce it. I get paid for the output of >> my brain. It is not based on the amount of energy used to make my brain >> work. >> Phil >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Pat Naughtin < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> Could you check this calculation for me please? It doesn't look right. >> >> 6 000 000 joules รท 16 kJ/day = 375 days >> >> This calculation is based on these ideas. >> >> The energy content of a barrel of oil is about 6 megajoules (Cost >> about 140 $/barrel). >> >> A man working hard (heavy activity) uses food energy at a rate >> of 16 kJ/day (Cost about 110 $/day basic wage rate in Australia). >> So one barrel of oil is the equivalent of one man working hard for >> 375 days, which is 75 weeks, or full time for about a year and a half. >> >> Oil energy cost: $140 >> >> Human energy cost: $41 250 >> >> Cheers, >> Pat Naughtin >> >> PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, >> Geelong, Australia >> Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 >> >> Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has >> helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the >> modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that >> they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or >> selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources >> for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, >> industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and >> in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, >> NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the >> USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com/ for more metrication >> information, contact Pat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or to get the free >> '/Metrication matters/' newsletter go to: >> http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter/ to subscribe. >> >> > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (H) 931.657.3107 > (C) 931.212.0267 > >
