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While the average person eats approximately 2,500 Calories/day, the average fossil fuel consumption is equivalent to 40,000 Calories/day per capita globally. | While the average person eats approximately 2,500 Calories/day, the average fossil fuel consumption is equivalent to 40,000 Calories/day per capita globally. | ||
{{talk|TODO: i gotta explain where i calculated this from}} | {{talk|TODO: i gotta explain where i calculated this from}} | ||
It's simply no comparison - and it's unrealistic to expect the food supply to keep up with the demand for fuel. {{talk|Related discussion: [[How much land would it take to replace all fossil fuels with biomass?]] (assuming we use both the edible crop and the [[crop residue]])}} | It's simply no comparison - and it's unrealistic to expect the food supply to keep up with the demand for fuel. {{talk|Related discussion: [[How much land would it take to replace all fossil fuels with biomass?]] (assuming we use both the edible crop and the [[crop residue]]){{pbr}}TODO: Also explain the ''marginal utility'' principle - how the environmental costs outweigh the benefits for ''any'' amount of biofuel usage, large or small.{{pbr}}TODO: Also add info about the overall carbon footprint per unit of biofuel energy{{x|i.e. from fossil fuels involved in biofuel production, plus also from deforestation (averaged somehow, using whichever methodology{{x|and ideally, the reader should be able to see what methodology was used}} }}, compared to fossil fuels.}} | ||
''For better ways that fossil fuels could be phased out, see'': [[Decarbonize the energy supply]] | ''For better ways that fossil fuels could be phased out, see'': [[Decarbonize the energy supply]] | ||