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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| 19575. | dogphile (dogphile) | 77.08 | 94% | 2024-07-31 |
| 19576. | nazmul (nhasan0290) | 77.08 | 98% | 2022-01-28 |
| 19577. | Matthew (liberz) | 77.08 | 91% | 2015-02-14 |
| 19578. | dpu (ajeetraj) | 77.08 | 97% | 2017-05-29 |
| 19579. | gogofast (eleasx) | 77.08 | 88% | 2013-02-06 |
| 19580. | pya (pyadawg) | 77.07 | 96% | 2022-04-05 |
| 19581. | GBoss1924 (gboss1924) | 77.07 | 96% | 2024-04-04 |
| 19582. | Đom Đóm (nhanprao2014) | 77.07 | 95.6% | 2024-11-09 |
| 19583. | Kyle (szkylezhang) | 77.07 | 96.2% | 2024-04-18 |
| 19584. | rwansss (rwangsss) | 77.07 | 98% | 2024-01-26 |
| 19585. | ROcKeRDaN (rockerdan) | 77.07 | 97% | 2018-07-02 |
| 19586. | eren (eren_sd) | 77.07 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
| 19587. | ivan (ivantoodope) | 77.07 | 95% | 2022-02-12 |
| 19588. | lauren (rendiann) | 77.07 | 99% | 2023-01-15 |
| 19589. | AM (freae) | 77.07 | 96% | 2021-06-30 |
| 19590. | Kylee (cheyna) | 77.07 | 95% | 2015-04-14 |
| 19591. | SmilyGuy (electroman3d) | 77.06 | 98% | 2025-04-23 |
| 19592. | mathcode (mathcone) | 77.06 | 97% | 2022-09-30 |
| 19593. | Mateo (extranded) | 77.06 | 97% | 2024-05-02 |
| 19594. | Darren (darrenoy) | 77.06 | 96% | 2015-02-12 |
| 19595. | Ramson (rammun) | 77.06 | 99% | 2024-06-14 |
| 19596. | Dhruv (dhruv8601) | 77.06 | 96.1% | 2023-12-07 |
| 19597. | Cheese (you_like_cheese_dog) | 77.06 | 97% | 2021-05-21 |
| 19598. | wen (notbenwong) | 77.06 | 96% | 2024-09-03 |
| 19599. | Leo (leotwelve) | 77.06 | 96% | 2022-03-30 |
| 19600. | Dhruv (dhrutube) | 77.05 | 97.5% | 2025-01-29 |
| 19601. | Matthew (drogoton) | 77.05 | 95.9% | 2024-04-25 |
| 19602. | JFangYQ (jfangyq) | 77.05 | 97.5% | 2024-01-13 |
| 19603. | Binary Decision (binarydeci... | 77.05 | 96% | 2021-05-23 |
| 19604. | Vincent (waldoo) | 77.05 | 97% | 2020-06-08 |
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