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Nanotude t1_ja3cn9d wrote

A pound of pure cane sugar also contains huge amount of energy. But smart humans do not get all of their energy exclusively from cane sugar, since doing so would be very harmful to their health.

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Legitimate_Proof OP t1_ja483a2 wrote

Right! Do people think I'm promoting fossil fuels? I'm saying the amount of energy is so high, it is shocking and we should use not waste them in vehicles that are 1-3% efficient. We should use them more carefully, only for things that need very high energy density.

Trying to avoid getting into a conservative vs progressive fight, I just introduced the scale comparison, which I assume people didn't know, and said it's out of proportion:

>sprawling economy that is out of scale with nature and human evolution.
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>out of whack with the world's resources.
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>allowed us to casually go well beyond natural and renewable.

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flambeaway t1_ja6cqhr wrote

A pound of sugar has the exact same energy as a pound of starch or a pound of protein. 5kcal/g.

Fat is where it's at for energy density. 9kcal/g.

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Nanotude t1_ja9qwdd wrote

Yeah, I'm a keto person. My point is that it's unhealthy to consume only one thing: Whether it be fat, sugar or fossil fuels.

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