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minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoI didn’t do the math, but a person’s got to do more lifting in those 34 years than a car traveling 30 miles at 60 mph carrying 4000 lbs, right?
minus-squarep3n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoYes, and gasoline actually has less energy density than body fat at approx. 33 MJ/L vs. 35 MJ/L : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe best explanation for the 1000 fold error in your post is explain in top comment from @garfaagel@sh.itjust.works …
I didn’t do the math, but a person’s got to do more lifting in those 34 years than a car traveling 30 miles at 60 mph carrying 4000 lbs, right?
Yes, and gasoline actually has less energy density than body fat at approx. 33 MJ/L vs. 35 MJ/L : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
The best explanation for the 1000 fold error in your post is explain in top comment from @garfaagel@sh.itjust.works …