A barrel of oil costing $75 contains 5.7 million BTUs of energy equivalent to 1,700 kilowatt hours of work potential, which equals approximately 4.5 years of physical human labor, making fossil fuels an extraordinary energy subsidy.

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Nate Hagens

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a barrel of oil that we pay 75 dollars for does four and a half years of physical human labor

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The Great Simplification: What HS Leaders Need to Know About the Future of Energy with Nate HagensCenter for Homeland Defense and Security Naval Postgraduate School
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:21:00 PM

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