View Pit Stop page for race #458 by infiniterace — Ghost race
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Official speed | 41.37 wpm (115.16 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | January 24, 2011 7:27:01pm UTC |
Race Finish | January 24, 2011 7:28:56pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (1 of 1) |
Points | 0.00 |
Text | #630 (Length: 397 characters) It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food. |