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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, that's true, but joules typically isn't used today. When people talk about energy consumption it's almost always in watts or watt-hours. I've seen/heard people use joules less than 5 times since college.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    a human consumes about 8 MJ of chemical energy per day.

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