Question: how many foot pounds of energy does it take to kill a human?
Answer: The largest human was 442 kg. The hottest a human can survive is about 46°C or 319degreesKelvin. It takes 4.186 Joules (the metric unit of energy) to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree. So 4.186*319*442000 converted to foot pounds is 435 million foot pounds.