In 2005, the total energy consumed by people on Earth was about 5 10 20 J.

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In 2005, the total energy “consumed” by people on Earth was about 5 × 1020 J. About 85% of this was from the burning of fossil fuels. Equating this energy gained by burning fossil fuel in 2005 with mass (according to the mass–energy relation of relativity), how much mass was converted to energy?

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