But then I found this gem:
Americans spent more calories of energy worrying and talking about renewable energy than calories burned using actual renewable resources!
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Nice Job Saving the Planet
I was doing some research to see what energy consumption in the country looks like in that I don't know if I trust official government economic figures anymore and would prefer instead to look at energy consumption as a proxy for economic growth. The results were inconclusive (plus I think I had the wrong data set).
But then I found this gem:
Americans spent more calories of energy worrying and talking about renewable energy than calories burned using actual renewable resources!
But then I found this gem:
Americans spent more calories of energy worrying and talking about renewable energy than calories burned using actual renewable resources!
you might want to start here http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/28/1910250/modeling-the-economy-as-a-physics-problem. A physics looked at the economy as a heat engine, put energy in get work (economic work in this case) out, and found some interesting results.
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