I second this, in order for it to be a fair comparison we have to level the playing field, by converting the total available calories (for humans) and electrici

I second this, in order for it to be a fair comparison we have to level the playing field, by converting the total available calories (for humans) and electricity (for computers) into some common unit that represents the total capacity available to the US (or world). Another commenter brought up Joules which I think would work, I just can’t fully wrap my mind around what all will go into the calculation, like food growing and transport energy requirements, vs power plant emissions, maintenance, coal/oil transport.