How much energy/KCals in a normal sized human? (Matrix)

[ahdguy]

Watching the Matrix at the weekend (top film), and just wondered how many calories are actually contained in the human body; supposedly body puts out 1500 Kcals a day (heat I guess), but in the film when you no longer provide 'heating' your squished up and feed to the other 'batteries', but as they are constantly radiating heat surely there's a dimisihing return, and as the sky is 'scorched' no sunlight for photosynthesis etc, so where's the extra energy (food) come from? I must get through at least 5 kg of protein a week bare minimum, so the numbers dont add up.
I have so many questions...

[wildoliver]

It......Was.....A......Film.

Although I must admit to having days where I feel I'm trapped in the matrix, sometimes stuff happens that just seems too coincidental.....

Then some work comes along and I forget all about it!

[mr_fibuli]

That was one of the dumbest things about the Matrix. The human body doesn't create more energy than you put into it. They got around it I think by saying "combined with a form of fusion". But if you can do fusion then the people farms are pointless.

[FarleyRusk]

I though the point of the film was to show off how hot C-A Moss looked back in 1999.
I don't even remember the 'people farm'.

[glazbagun]

FarleyRusk said:

I though the point of the film was to show off how hot C-A Moss looked back in 1999.
I don't even remember the 'people farm'.

The Trinity Kick and watching Neo dodge bullets was the whole purpose of the film. And it was excellent.

[hairykrishna]

ahdguy said:

Watching the Matrix at the weekend (top film), and just wondered how many calories are actually contained in the human body; supposedly body puts out 1500 Kcals a day (heat I guess), but in the film when you no longer provide 'heating' your squished up and feed to the other 'batteries', but as they are constantly radiating heat surely there's a dimisihing return, and as the sky is 'scorched' no sunlight for photosynthesis etc, so where's the extra energy (food) come from? I must get through at least 5 kg of protein a week bare minimum, so the numbers dont add up.
I have so many questions...

It was fking stupid. They'd be better off burning the food they use to keep their 'batteries' alive. A human is not an energy source. It's a way to turn chemical energy into low grade heat.

[emicen]

There's 3500 calories in a pound of fat, so torching them would be worth it if they had grown themselves. Feeding them is pointless as it takes about 1200 calories a day to keep the average human's respiratory and circulatory functions going.