Unfortunate terminology. Wasn’t there just an article on HN about replacing the master/slave terminology in code. What can be done about terminology from a time when somehow people didn’t think calling things slaves was bad.

Why is calling things slaves bad, though? I'd say calling (and treating) humans as slaves is bad.

You mean like back in Pharaonic Egypt?

Is there any more up to date calculations, regional break downs?

The website of Jean-Marc Jancovici mentionned in the posted wikipedia page is worth a read

https://jancovici.com/en/energy-transition/energy-and-us/how...

https://jancovici.com/en/category/energy-transition/long-ser...