1 tank of fuel = 1 person working hard for 8 hours a day for 7 days a week for 52 weeks a year for 3 years
What did you use fuel for today?
How many litres of fuel was that?
How many hours would you have to work manually to provide the same amount of energy that is in that fuel?
Today we used oil to:
drive to a party in the next valley – The Gap(35km trip = 462 man-hours work)
tow a trailer with equipment in it to a function (19.2km trip = 253 man-hours of work)
fuel for the farmers to produce & fertilise & transport breakfast cereal rice lentils sugar oil tea coffee wheat for chook food and onions and to raise cows to make steak sausages and milk and butter
For starters!