On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com>wr=
ote:

> I did just now look around on the net, and it's amazing how widely calori=
e
> estimates vary for different activities.  I found one for sleeping to be =
as
> high as 50Kcal/hour (58W) while another claimed sitting and watching TV w=
as
> only 34 Kcal/hour (40W).  So my 30W recollection appears to be low, but
> probably still closer to reality than the 100W figure.  Best guess at thi=
s
> point is that the truth is somewhere in the middle.
>

Apparently, someone needs to put various animals (including humans) into a
calorimeter and see how much energy is given off during various activities.
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