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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| 9426. | (mildlyaggressivecherry) | 92.47 | 95% | 2026-02-03 |
| 9427. | (ravisingh) | 92.47 | 96% | 2015-01-01 |
| 9428. | Tyler (theov) | 92.47 | — | 2011-01-17 |
| 9429. | (phaeton) | 92.47 | — | 2010-06-17 |
| 9430. | (lizzie001) | 92.46 | 97% | 2025-08-26 |
| 9431. | (yasir1983) | 92.46 | 95% | 2014-02-10 |
| 9432. | (olgi69) | 92.45 | 99% | 2026-01-08 |
| 9433. | (vert_) | 92.45 | 98.8% | 2024-11-26 |
| 9434. | (jteezy11) | 92.45 | 96% | 2013-02-19 |
| 9435. | Michael (thegul) | 92.45 | 99% | 2018-04-08 |
| 9436. | (shallow_owl) | 92.44 | 96% | 2026-02-19 |
| 9437. | (actuallyfinessed) | 92.44 | 96% | 2021-09-16 |
| 9438. | (st3ezy) | 92.44 | 97.1% | 2024-10-10 |
| 9439. | (jbrunetti13) | 92.44 | 96.4% | 2021-02-22 |
| 9440. | A (five_a) | 92.44 | 93% | 2014-08-14 |
| 9441. | (nikacaramel) | 92.44 | — | 2011-03-27 |
| 9442. | (draken) | 92.43 | 90% | 2014-01-31 |
| 9443. | (i_recline) | 92.43 | 95.9% | 2025-02-13 |
| 9444. | (benjals9) | 92.43 | 97% | 2025-09-05 |
| 9445. | (lowda9) | 92.43 | 98% | 2018-02-12 |
| 9446. | (cgird44) | 92.42 | 94% | 2015-01-26 |
| 9447. | (angelxboy) | 92.42 | 94% | 2013-07-26 |
| 9448. | (daisyeminem) | 92.42 | 98% | 2023-04-26 |
| 9449. | Tox (darshan2006) | 92.42 | 97% | 2025-12-08 |
| 9450. | (probably_a_noob) | 92.42 | 98% | 2022-12-18 |
| 9451. | (zettai) | 92.42 | 98% | 2018-01-22 |
| 9452. | (jasongog) | 92.42 | 97% | 2018-06-05 |
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