¶ Energy Slave
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An energy slave is an inorganic energy-processing device which is an externalization of one of the internal functions of man. It is a composite measure of the level of industrialization; it is found by taking the total amount of energy consumed and converted to effective work by man, and dividing this by the amount of work one man is able to do in a year, this gives the man-year equivalents of work being done for man by his inanimate slaves.
In 1970: One energy slave = 37,500,000 foot-pounds
One energy slave = 14.1232 kilowatt hours
One energy slave = .0017654 tons (metric) of coal equivalent.
