Average American has energy equivalent of 450 human slaves working 8 hours shifts every day

Next Big Future ^ | November 20,2015 | Brian Wang

[jmcenanly]

1 horsepower approximates the sustained work output of a horse A healthy human can sustain about 0.1 hp indefinitely which is 74.5 watts 1 horsepower is the sustained effort of ten people 1 horse power = 745.6 watts = 33000 ft-lb/min The average american uses 13,250 kWh/year in electricity Which is 36 kwh/day Which is 1512 watts constant US average per person electrical energy is like 20 human slaves 24 hours per day 60 human slaves on 8 hour shifts 7 days a week

[ETL]

we come to a grand total of just over $160

Well, it's good to know in case any of us are ever desperately in need of money. It should at least cover the monthly cable bill. :)

[Uncle Miltie]

Slaves:Green Energy.

[goodnesswins]

And we pay too much for that!!!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I’ve always felt that if the Civil War had not been fought, the death knell of slavery would have been the internal combustion engine.

Agriculture is very labor intensive. This is why the plantations had lots of slaves to work there in the hot humid south.
Today the same amount of work gets done in less time with much less people, and machines which are not fed in the winter, doing the work.
Same reason you see very few draft horses today.

[Gen.Blather]

“Many in the South held the belief that slaves were better off in America than they would be back in Africa, slave or otherwise.”

Dinesh D’Souza tells a story about asking an Indian friend why he wanted to immigrate to America. The friend said, “I want to go to a place where the poor people are obese instead of starving.”

[tbw2]

And yet ISIS sex slaves hardly generates a peep with liberals, even the feminists.

[rlmorel]

Hahahahaha...I am taking that later!