From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 09 2003 - 17:45:06 MST
--- Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
> --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Total consumption should be around 5 watts.
>
> Data point: as mentioned elsewhere, the RDA for an
> adult male is 2200 calories. This is about 9.2
> kilojoules, or enough power to run a 5 watt device for
> just over half an hour.
Dietary 'Calories' are not really calories, they are kilocalories, so a
2200 'Calorie' daily diet would power a 5 watt device for 500 hours.
The human body is generally about a 100 watt machine.
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Mike Lorrey
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