Now, my theory (which incidentally is crystal clear to me and I'm quite baffled why some of you find the concept so difficult), would state that $4000 in wages to the barganic/b farm employees represents more energy than the $800 dollars b....../b huge excavators used for mining the ore, but the energy cost of the excavator's breakfast of bacon and eggs, the fuel costs of of his private car and the energy consumed by the plane that flies him to Bangkok for his annual bvacation/b. ...