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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| 17319. | txbklyn (txbklyn) | 79.66 | 98% | 2019-03-19 |
| 17320. | rime (zeliboid8) | 79.66 | 94% | 2013-05-19 |
| 17321. | singhvaibhav100@gmail.com (... | 79.66 | 98% | 2014-08-03 |
| 17322. | Shallan Davar (shallan_davar) | 79.65 | 97.9% | 2024-10-15 |
| 17323. | Jan (acpehalus) | 79.65 | 97.2% | 2024-09-18 |
| 17324. | kt (ktwizfan) | 79.65 | 88% | 2017-02-08 |
| 17325. | Kotaro (kotaro_qwerty) | 79.65 | 97% | 2022-01-31 |
| 17326. | nyet (slickman) | 79.65 | 96% | 2022-05-01 |
| 17327. | Duckytype-8 (dummy_2) | 79.65 | 97% | 2021-03-26 |
| 17328. | . (offoff) | 79.65 | 91% | 2014-01-27 |
| 17329. | Vincent (vminjares) | 79.65 | 95% | 2012-03-25 |
| 17330. | sunny (sunxuz) | 79.65 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 17331. | Mark (markxing) | 79.65 | 91% | 2011-06-23 |
| 17332. | Magical Panda (magical_panda) | 79.64 | 97% | 2025-06-16 |
| 17333. | kramton (kramnot) | 79.64 | 96.6% | 2024-09-25 |
| 17334. | Siddhartha (gravito12345) | 79.64 | 94.6% | 2023-12-08 |
| 17335. | CopyRited (copyrited) | 79.63 | 96.1% | 2025-02-18 |
| 17336. | Skellyfingers (skellyfingers) | 79.63 | 97% | 2025-02-06 |
| 17337. | Bob (bobvance69) | 79.63 | 95.5% | 2024-02-09 |
| 17338. | Eugene (eugene121) | 79.63 | 97.9% | 2024-06-21 |
| 17339. | Abhi (notthebeees1) | 79.63 | 96% | 2022-10-02 |
| 17340. | Johannes (nachobar) | 79.63 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
| 17341. | sharp (quotextx) | 79.63 | 98% | 2020-08-15 |
| 17342. | Milan (themilan) | 79.63 | 97.3% | 2024-07-07 |
| 17343. | (based) (not_medicine) | 79.63 | 96% | 2019-02-12 |
| 17344. | Squidly (squidly) | 79.63 | 97% | 2011-09-10 |
| 17345. | Teacrumble (teacrumble) | 79.62 | 97% | 2025-04-05 |
| 17346. | hrishabh (hrishabh3105) | 79.62 | 97.6% | 2025-02-11 |
| 17347. | MICHAEL (mykehaymors) | 79.62 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 17348. | spicyhot (sp1cyhot) | 79.62 | 96.1% | 2024-01-24 |
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