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Old 05-15-2018, 06:22 PM   #1735 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
...Than to just let the sun shine directly on the food in a field whenever it will.

1 barrel of oil at $70 has enough energy in it for the human power equivalent of 4.5 years of steady work. Magic stuff.
That's not what humans do; we have to mess with everything, usually making some things better while making other things worse.

When you frame oil that way, it makes me want to hoard the stuff.
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