Originally Posted by
Tightwad
Are humans able to convert those 31,000 calories?
Of course.... what do we convert them
to? that is a different question
Originally Posted by
Tightwad
BTW, It's my understanding that the normal conversion of fuels to work it BTU's not calories.
They're different units of energy (not quite work, you need the time component for that) so either one is good if that's your preferred unit. I tend to think in calories even though I was brought up with SI units..... just have to remember that a dietary calorie is 1,000 regular calories.