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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| 43033. | shivam (shivam9871) | 48.84 | 94.8% | 2025-04-27 |
| 43034. | Safdar Ali Bhatti SB (safda... | 48.84 | 97% | 2024-06-15 |
| 43035. | suzy (suzychoi) | 48.84 | 94% | 2024-10-11 |
| 43036. | dub (dubeyeng) | 48.84 | 96% | 2023-12-28 |
| 43037. | Nguyen (ngamykaka) | 48.84 | 92% | 2012-02-08 |
| 43038. | Emil Børsting (torben350) | 48.84 | 88% | 2013-11-21 |
| 43039. | Claude (pachec) | 48.84 | 98% | 2022-08-10 |
| 43040. | Tuong (tuong999) | 48.84 | 92% | 2014-08-26 |
| 43041. | nguyễn quang (tieuphongvt) | 48.84 | — | 2010-10-07 |
| 43042. | Mr Sha (mr_sha) | 48.83 | 96% | 2024-10-07 |
| 43043. | Richard (richard121) | 48.83 | 93% | 2024-08-15 |
| 43044. | Juck (juck52) | 48.83 | 95.2% | 2023-12-14 |
| 43045. | Evaop (gzlwan22) | 48.83 | 93% | 2012-12-15 |
| 43046. | Hans (mallsome) | 48.82 | 94% | 2024-04-12 |
| 43047. | Tiankong (tiankong) | 48.82 | 94.7% | 2023-11-26 |
| 43048. | Karnouk (karnouk) | 48.82 | 91% | 2016-08-22 |
| 43049. | DANIEL (justdan) | 48.81 | 95% | 2024-10-06 |
| 43050. | cloe (mxcloe) | 48.81 | 93.5% | 2024-10-14 |
| 43051. | chen chieh (chieh) | 48.81 | 95.2% | 2024-02-07 |
| 43052. | Redsource (redsource) | 48.81 | 86% | 2013-04-23 |
| 43053. | Nithya (nemonemo) | 48.80 | 83% | 2016-09-23 |
| 43054. | Didididid (dididid) | 48.80 | 97% | 2024-04-02 |
| 43055. | Deval (devaldevil) | 48.80 | 93% | 2025-04-30 |
| 43056. | tstats[dangerdungara] (dang... | 48.80 | 97% | 2023-06-12 |
| 43057. | Ramin (raminkamali96) | 48.79 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
| 43058. | Loolaam (lameguy99) | 48.79 | 96.4% | 2024-03-26 |
| 43059. | 197 (greenlord) | 48.79 | 97.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 43060. | Phong (phongdiepp) | 48.79 | 94% | 2021-03-18 |
| 43061. | R.Abhishek (abhishek_2k3) | 48.78 | 99% | 2025-05-02 |
| 43062. | Guest (typeracer_2005) | 48.78 | 96% | 2025-01-02 |
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