View Pit Stop page for race #266 by _duplo_ — Ghost race
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Official speed | 71.12 wpm (66.99 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | October 1, 2010 4:19:04pm UTC |
Race Finish | October 1, 2010 4:20:11pm UTC |
Outcome | Win (1 of 5) |
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. |