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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| 45167. | Afiq (afiqfajar) | 49.67 | 90% | 2015-07-04 |
| 45168. | Eric (txgrizfan) | 49.67 | 92% | 2013-05-09 |
| 45169. | RA (hayhayhay111) | 49.67 | 88% | 2015-01-27 |
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| 45171. | Oluwatoyin Jolaoso (toeyeen) | 49.66 | 95.6% | 2024-04-20 |
| 45172. | sandesh gowda (sandeshgowda... | 49.66 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
| 45173. | Mark Reinhard (reinhard19) | 49.66 | 85% | 2012-01-16 |
| 45174. | Kaharaman64 (ledesma64) | 49.66 | 93% | 2015-12-03 |
| 45175. | Wendy (wendyisawesome) | 49.66 | 88% | 2015-05-22 |
| 45176. | Antoine (4j8j9j3j) | 49.66 | 89% | 2013-06-15 |
| 45177. | Nathan Musschoot (naymuss) | 49.65 | 94% | 2025-05-21 |
| 45178. | Rahul Sharma (rahul_5794) | 49.65 | 96% | 2025-04-19 |
| 45179. | Nyms (nymnz) | 49.65 | 93.3% | 2024-11-10 |
| 45180. | Anthony Taylor (rockslicer) | 49.65 | 96% | 2024-04-28 |
| 45181. | Arshad (o0arshad0o) | 49.65 | 93% | 2023-05-19 |
| 45182. | Tida (tidadog) | 49.65 | 95% | 2015-07-19 |
| 45183. | Horn Ok Please (horn_ok_ple... | 49.64 | 96% | 2025-04-27 |
| 45184. | fsocy (fsocy) | 49.64 | 94.6% | 2024-04-13 |
| 45185. | dellam (dellam) | 49.64 | 97% | 2025-06-04 |
| 45186. | doctoroctopus (oliverghattas) | 49.64 | 95% | 2024-01-26 |
| 45187. | Hacker (console0) | 49.64 | 96.7% | 2024-07-18 |
| 45188. | grX (grxx) | 49.64 | 85% | 2012-11-09 |
| 45189. | Sorgalim (sorgalim) | 49.64 | 93% | 2019-06-18 |
| 45190. | Xian (xianziliew) | 49.63 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
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