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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| 4268. | Julian (ptrcom) | 106.27 | 87% | 2013-04-14 |
| 4269. | Claudio (tato41) | 106.26 | 99% | 2026-04-23 |
| 4270. | shashinagraj (nagrajshashi) | 106.25 | 99% | 2025-09-17 |
| 4271. | Alex (brezzo) | 106.25 | 94% | 2015-04-28 |
| 4272. | jellyrajah (jellyrajah) | 106.25 | 98% | 2016-01-23 |
| 4273. | kim (kimblimblimz) | 106.25 | 97% | 2021-05-30 |
| 4274. | Stéphane (fuelnatchos) | 106.25 | 97% | 2012-10-24 |
| 4275. | Kyu (kyukang) | 106.25 | 98% | 2019-02-27 |
| 4276. | Michael (michael_22) | 106.25 | 100% | 2018-08-02 |
| 4277. | Karla (karlacolleen) | 106.25 | — | 2010-07-10 |
| 4278. | I love ctrl + backspace (ca... | 106.24 | 98% | 2025-12-08 |
| 4279. | Chanden (splitback) | 106.23 | 96% | 2018-11-28 |
| 4280. | Martin (4us1on) | 106.22 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 4281. | Sam (tolomei) | 106.22 | 94% | 2014-03-31 |
| 4282. | Steve (serialkiller) | 106.22 | 95% | 2011-07-08 |
| 4283. | A (asegesta) | 106.22 | 94% | 2015-07-05 |
| 4284. | Angry (angrycupcake) | 106.21 | 95% | 2012-03-14 |
| 4285. | J.I. (ji1121) | 106.20 | 97.5% | 2025-04-09 |
| 4286. | Jason (jasonbetterthanyouall) | 106.20 | 99% | 2020-05-01 |
| 4287. | Alexi (upinflam3z) | 106.19 | 96% | 2016-07-23 |
| 4288. | M (nazarene7) | 106.19 | 97.3% | 2023-11-18 |
| 4289. | Joey (jzara33) | 106.19 | 98% | 2018-02-12 |
| 4290. | David (daviddaviddavid) | 106.19 | 97% | 2011-09-23 |
| 4291. | Akshaj (chiefshoe) | 106.19 | 96% | 2013-12-09 |
| 4292. | EatingFromTrashcan (namtrac... | 106.18 | 98.3% | 2023-11-05 |
| 4293. | Yuuki (se_yuuki) | 106.18 | 98% | 2017-01-05 |
| 4294. | oswin (glitterji) | 106.17 | 98% | 2025-09-18 |
| 4295. | Dilan (carnage2) | 106.16 | 97.1% | 2025-05-05 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |