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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoIt would be interesting (if the data was available) to see the energy consumption in Europe at that time: windmills, horses drawing carts, cooking fires, etc.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoYou forgot the various forms of slavery
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoAren’t those metrics tied more to economic output than anything that could be converted to KWh?
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSame as the others mentioned, human energy can perfectly be converted to (K)Wh. They measure the output in athletes.
It would be interesting (if the data was available) to see the energy consumption in Europe at that time: windmills, horses drawing carts, cooking fires, etc.
You forgot the various forms of slavery
Aren’t those metrics tied more to economic output than anything that could be converted to KWh?
Same as the others mentioned, human energy can perfectly be converted to (K)Wh.
They measure the output in athletes.