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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| 16488. | Kelp (klaptep) | 82.02 | 98.3% | 2024-09-06 |
| 16489. | hari (harisudewa) | 82.02 | 97% | 2021-08-19 |
| 16490. | nyet (slickman) | 82.02 | 98% | 2025-08-15 |
| 16491. | EL (elbarto625) | 82.02 | 97.8% | 2024-04-18 |
| 16492. | Vim (vimb0tch) | 82.02 | 92% | 2013-09-05 |
| 16493. | Settthawut (iaunracer) | 82.02 | 95% | 2015-02-23 |
| 16494. | Emmett (olea9691) | 82.02 | — | 2010-07-21 |
| 16495. | PapaJohn (creamchese) | 82.01 | 96.9% | 2024-12-20 |
| 16496. | 3000 cycles I missed you (r... | 82.01 | 97.9% | 2025-02-22 |
| 16497. | Skrunch (skrunch) | 82.01 | 97% | 2024-12-19 |
| 16498. | HF (hfeldman) | 82.01 | 95.1% | 2025-01-24 |
| 16499. | iep (iebeaux) | 82.01 | 97% | 2022-06-14 |
| 16500. | Jakub (arpel) | 82.01 | 96% | 2021-10-23 |
| 16501. | Maryanne (seakist) | 82.01 | 98% | 2023-04-13 |
| 16502. | Mike (migpok35) | 82.01 | 98% | 2017-09-22 |
| 16503. | jaggu (jaggu94) | 82.01 | 97% | 2017-11-28 |
| 16504. | fabrice (bmoyobooo) | 82.00 | 95% | 2025-04-07 |
| 16505. | diego (dast) | 82.00 | 97.8% | 2024-08-05 |
| 16506. | Harrison (kyeuko) | 82.00 | 96% | 2022-01-06 |
| 16507. | Phaysik (phaysik) | 82.00 | 97% | 2023-01-20 |
| 16508. | Freowy (freowy) | 82.00 | 98% | 2021-06-05 |
| 16509. | Nio (nio21) | 82.00 | 97% | 2013-07-28 |
| 16510. | Gendo (gendo) | 82.00 | 96% | 2014-05-27 |
| 16511. | angrathar (angrathar) | 82.00 | 96% | 2021-01-23 |
| 16512. | Austin (hobbes__623) | 81.99 | 96.2% | 2024-10-26 |
| 16513. | Mohamed Irshaadh (irshaadh) | 81.99 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 16514. | Davide (davidez) | 81.99 | 97% | 2013-11-13 |
| 16515. | John (molotov5) | 81.99 | 95% | 2022-06-10 |
| 16516. | Vy (dinhtuvy) | 81.99 | 98% | 2021-02-11 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |