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To: SiouxPal who wrote (54157)	9/16/2006 9:19:38 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

3... How Many Energy Slaves Do You Have? -energy analysis by Jennifer Barker Most people will admit that from time to time they'd like to have a slave or two around the house to help with the business of living. Running a busy life takes a lot of personal energy, and an extra pair of legs can really take a load off! Are you aware that as a 21st century American you already have quite a few "energy slaves" to do your bidding? That's right, "energy slaves." Let's compute how many of these you have working for you, unseen and maybe even unappreciated. The average sustained power output of a human being is about one-tenth to one-twentieth of a horsepower (depending on how fit and well-fed you are). Let's say you're pretty strong, and you can sustain an output of one-tenth of a horsepower. Last year, the 296 million people in the USA used 97 quadrillion BTUs of energy (the BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is a measure of energy equivalent to a kitchen match which allows us to compare different energy sources). To put that huge number into perspective, each of us used about 328 million BTUs during the year, the equivalent of 96,000 Kilowatt hours of electricity. A Kilowatt-hour is about 1/3 more work than a horsepower-hour, so we used about 128,640 horsepower-hours, or the equivalent of 147 energy slaves working for each of us 24/7, all year long. If your "slaves" were real people, they'd have to sleep at night and you'd need twice as many, or 294. solwest.org Ratty with the one track mind

To: SiouxPal who wrote (54157)	9/16/2006 11:35:21 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104155

My hubby and I are both fairly good cooks. My husband's family owned and operated a restaurant and bar in this area from 1929 till they sold it in the 80's ( drunk driving laws were getting too stringent and they didn't want to get sued or involved in a lawsuit. The bar was the hottest place around and I could tell you some wild stories about life in the bar business. Just went to a baby shower today for the son of my husband's chief bouncer........he went on to be a local defensive football coach after getting his MS at Long Beach State............he paid his way through college by working as a bouncer in a Long Beach Massage Parlor. We're talkin TOUGH here! :>)