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> Your body, when not working hard, produces about 200W of heat. That’s 200J per second. Minor quibble, 2000 (kilo)calories / 1 day = ~100 Watts.
by saalweachter 3y ago
> Your body, when not working hard, produces about 200W of heat. That’s 200J per second.
Minor quibble, 2000 (kilo)calories / 1 day = ~100 Watts.
- jameshart 3y agoFair - I took a number for an active, awake human. You don’t produce that wattage all the time; resting and sleeping have much lower heat output; average power over a day is probably more like 100W (hence that being a reasonable average ‘healthy calorie intake’ number which I assume is where your 2000kCal comes from.)
- darkerside 3y agoFocused resting probably reduces it even further. You're not just "not working hard" in a situation like this, you are barely moving and probably slowing down your metabolism if anything.