Stored Energy of Fossil Fuels vs Renewable Energy

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  • Per capita total energy use per person per day (including industry) is around 500kWhr. [1]
  • Total energy use by humanity in kwhr/day is 4.6E11 kwhr/day. [2]
  • Total stored fossil fuel energy, past and present, is 2E16 kwhr [3]
  • Total energy coming to the earth is 4E15 kwhr each day. [4]
  • All the fossil fuels on earth are only 5 days worth of solar energy hitting the earth [5]