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

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

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No, oil is not “calorie rich”. It can be burned to produce thermal energy, but you don’t have any fires inside you. Outside a few bacteria, there are no plants or animals that have evolved mechanisms to extract the chemical energy in oil. They mostly have mechanisms to extract chemical energy from protein, fat, sugars, carbohydrates, grasses, … .

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