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.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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16390. | anonym_igelkott (anonym_ige... | 75.59 | 96% | 2020-03-29 |
16391. | Bob (mhucanda) | 75.59 | 95% | 2019-06-12 |
16392. | emae (emae08) | 75.59 | 91% | 2015-10-31 |
16393. | Augment (augment) | 75.58 | 98% | 2019-07-22 |
16394. | Armon (airtyper_11) | 75.58 | 95% | 2021-05-11 |
16395. | Typo (onenhero) | 75.58 | 96% | 2011-07-05 |
16396. | Vittal (vittalgpai) | 75.58 | 93% | 2017-04-21 |
16397. | Susie (susieq22) | 75.58 | 94% | 2018-02-04 |
16398. | PBH (pbh19950) | 75.58 | 94% | 2014-10-11 |
16399. | Reverb (reverb_ac) | 75.57 | 96% | 2021-09-28 |
16400. | chabasakina (chabasakinatr) | 75.57 | 97% | 2016-07-07 |
16401. | Kentaro (kentaroakao) | 75.57 | 97% | 2017-07-18 |
16402. | Aimz (aimizzle) | 75.57 | 90% | 2014-05-26 |
16403. | Tiago (tvilhena) | 75.57 | 96% | 2015-03-23 |
16404. | ﻋﺎﻁﻑ (luckyfrazz) | 75.57 | — | 2010-06-14 |
16405. | John (jgrasso4) | 75.57 | 98% | 2017-08-04 |
16406. | Marty (marty_pickles) | 75.56 | 95.8% | 2023-12-08 |
16407. | DonQuixote (donquixote37) | 75.56 | 98% | 2024-05-09 |
16408. | (zesty11) | 75.56 | 95% | 2020-03-01 |
16409. | Erik (ezhou21) | 75.55 | 96% | 2022-01-28 |
16410. | Christopher M Cichielo (cci... | 75.55 | 97% | 2024-04-08 |
16411. | imagine_losing (imagine_not... | 75.55 | 96% | 2022-10-07 |
16412. | Ray (ray_maddox) | 75.55 | 98% | 2020-04-18 |
16413. | Mandy (itsmandy) | 75.55 | 93% | 2016-04-20 |
16414. | Neil (neilharbin0) | 75.55 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
16415. | Nancy (ladysarissa) | 75.55 | 95% | 2014-08-01 |
16416. | Frost (f_r_o_s_t) | 75.54 | 97% | 2024-05-26 |
16417. | Joy (joypark21) | 75.54 | 96.2% | 2023-11-22 |
16418. | Mamasha (mamasha) | 75.54 | 96% | 2020-11-28 |
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