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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| 32668. | Matt (matts53) | 64.60 | 95% | 2022-05-26 |
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| 32674. | Marco (adventurek0ala) | 64.60 | 94% | 2022-01-13 |
| 32675. | Funkey (yofunkey) | 64.60 | 95% | 2013-09-27 |
| 32676. | Vladislav (johnsonkh96) | 64.60 | 94% | 2020-07-25 |
| 32677. | Waleed (waleedinh0) | 64.59 | 94.9% | 2025-02-09 |
| 32678. | Ishan (ishan_rana) | 64.59 | 96.6% | 2024-11-23 |
| 32679. | colemak_dh (evil_emacs) | 64.59 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
| 32680. | BC (thunderthud) | 64.59 | 96% | 2014-02-14 |
| 32681. | starking882006@yahoo.com (s... | 64.59 | 98% | 2013-08-03 |
| 32682. | Randy (rhomusic) | 64.59 | 95% | 2016-04-23 |
| 32683. | Hovhannes (hovo87) | 64.59 | 95% | 2012-10-08 |
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| 32685. | light (pinkyhurts) | 64.58 | 95% | 2021-09-24 |
| 32686. | chris (aito_cornaro) | 64.58 | 95% | 2021-11-18 |
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| 32688. | Naail (razor5cl) | 64.58 | 93% | 2014-11-04 |
| 32689. | ding (dingding13) | 64.58 | 97% | 2019-10-29 |
| 32690. | Dillon (dilllon) | 64.58 | 97% | 2018-08-07 |
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