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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| 21885. | Josh (joshblatt) | 75.80 | 94% | 2020-03-06 |
| 21886. | Sidveed (sidveed) | 75.80 | 96% | 2021-07-06 |
| 21887. | Trillebårtom (trillebartom) | 75.80 | 92% | 2012-10-25 |
| 21888. | marcelos (meldels) | 75.80 | — | 2011-01-27 |
| 21889. | Toxic213 (herofan123) | 75.79 | 95.2% | 2024-12-20 |
| 21890. | Alex (lalez) | 75.79 | 97.5% | 2025-04-03 |
| 21891. | ed (plzdongo) | 75.79 | 97% | 2024-08-27 |
| 21892. | Walker (_walker) | 75.79 | 99% | 2024-02-08 |
| 21893. | Cray (kweikwei) | 75.79 | 96.6% | 2025-04-06 |
| 21894. | Tanner (tankdh) | 75.79 | 92% | 2013-04-01 |
| 21895. | Xyhop (xyhop) | 75.79 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
| 21896. | Denny (shizkr) | 75.79 | 98% | 2020-04-23 |
| 21897. | saeednezamy@gmail.com (saee... | 75.79 | 95% | 2016-05-16 |
| 21898. | wiz (wizthethird) | 75.79 | 93% | 2012-12-05 |
| 21899. | Krishna (krrish94) | 75.79 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
| 21900. | Ethan (an3223) | 75.79 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
| 21901. | casey (casecat) | 75.78 | 97.2% | 2025-04-20 |
| 21902. | Neil (neil_dudheker) | 75.78 | 98.5% | 2024-11-16 |
| 21903. | Eric (afrodisiac96) | 75.78 | 95.9% | 2023-12-29 |
| 21904. | Brendan (skewy) | 75.78 | 97% | 2022-09-07 |
| 21905. | Miki (miki95) | 75.78 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
| 21906. | Łukasz (paltarica) | 75.78 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
| 21907. | Tyler (exilereject) | 75.78 | 95.6% | 2023-12-29 |
| 21908. | Andrejs (e2e4) | 75.78 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
| 21909. | Matt (mpochmara) | 75.78 | 96% | 2012-12-14 |
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