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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| 27737. | (alexruben) | 69.45 | 96% | 2015-09-15 |
| 27738. | (innercrafter67) | 69.44 | 97% | 2025-06-30 |
| 27739. | (mostafanasr67) | 69.44 | 94.3% | 2024-07-09 |
| 27740. | (nikkysuman) | 69.44 | 97.1% | 2025-05-12 |
| 27741. | (lokiloki19) | 69.44 | 94% | 2019-04-19 |
| 27742. | Aayush (_raiden_) | 69.44 | 97% | 2022-04-20 |
| 27743. | Litheas (litheas) | 69.44 | 96% | 2026-04-23 |
| 27744. | (cderms) | 69.44 | 94% | 2013-07-31 |
| 27745. | Maverick (touchtypeftw) | 69.44 | 95% | 2016-11-01 |
| 27746. | (jenney.mcfaddon@googlemai... | 69.44 | 98% | 2011-11-17 |
| 27747. | (reisah) | 69.43 | 97% | 2025-09-28 |
| 27748. | (mozz270) | 69.43 | 97% | 2017-11-27 |
| 27749. | (ttn103) | 69.43 | 97% | 2023-11-26 |
| 27750. | Paper (paper_) | 69.43 | 97% | 2019-06-20 |
| 27751. | yappa (yappa99_rc) | 69.43 | 97% | 2017-12-04 |
| 27752. | (marilyn_lun) | 69.43 | 92% | 2011-09-23 |
| 27753. | (alanalamode) | 69.42 | 98% | 2025-07-04 |
| 27754. | (k1zzle) | 69.42 | 98% | 2025-02-15 |
| 27755. | (pszewi1) | 69.42 | 96% | 2025-09-19 |
| 27756. | (guy_from_pakistan) | 69.42 | 98% | 2025-01-18 |
| 27757. | (_duck) | 69.42 | 95% | 2024-10-15 |
| 27758. | Ayush (ayush_2003) | 69.42 | 94.7% | 2023-12-04 |
| 27759. | (frugalpapillion) | 69.42 | 98% | 2016-01-06 |
| 27760. | (mitchow) | 69.42 | 91% | 2015-03-06 |
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| 27762. | (ybarsara) | 69.41 | 97% | 2026-01-30 |
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