Considering how calorie-rich petrol is, why can’t we live off of it?

Question

In countries like the US, oil is cheaper than water!

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Answer 1

If you want to be broad enough in your definitions, we do. We get the food we eat from industrial farming methods which are energy-intensive, and most of that energy is from oil- tractors, transport, etc.

Remove petrol from the food supply system, and we starve.