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Energy used for food consumed by average individual in the US (in 2002)

Value	4e+7 BTU/year
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin, Diet, Energy and Global Warming, Earth Interactions, Vol. 10, pp. 1-17, March 2006 link p.3 2nd paragraph equation 1
Primary Source	FAOSTAT, 2005: Statistical Database of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, available from link
Method	P.3 2nd paragraph: link
Comments	BTU=British Thermal Unit=1.06kJ. See BNID 104630, 104634
Entered by	Uri M
ID	104635