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Are we heading for a human-powered future?

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Re: Are we heading for a human-powered future?

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No. You think growing corn so that we can burn it to generate electricity (or to generate ethanol so that we can burn that to power automobiles) is inefficient? Humans are far less efficient at converting fuel to work than electrical power plants or automobiles are.