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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| 36488. | abul (akazad12) | 58.16 | 96% | 2017-06-12 |
| 36489. | the_big_typowski (the_big_t... | 58.15 | 96% | 2024-07-19 |
| 36490. | leo (enrage411) | 58.15 | 93% | 2015-03-09 |
| 36491. | Rai_ana (rai1hana) | 58.15 | 97% | 2024-11-13 |
| 36492. | Mujamil Kazi (mujamil_8484) | 58.15 | 94% | 2025-02-17 |
| 36493. | Annaguru (gkmohith17) | 58.15 | 93.7% | 2023-12-02 |
| 36494. | Rebecca (rebeccayang) | 58.15 | 96% | 2015-07-27 |
| 36495. | fb (fbexc1) | 58.14 | 96.6% | 2025-05-25 |
| 36496. | k3ys (k3ys) | 58.14 | 96.1% | 2024-11-08 |
| 36497. | Randy (ran90) | 58.14 | 96% | 2019-12-19 |
| 36498. | peachy (peachesx) | 58.14 | 94.3% | 2024-01-18 |
| 36499. | Andrew (gnoblin_) | 58.14 | 96% | 2024-05-02 |
| 36500. | Patrick (patrick4ux) | 58.14 | 97% | 2025-05-05 |
| 36501. | d (d11dmb) | 58.14 | 96% | 2012-02-24 |
| 36502. | Zef (zefhockey) | 58.14 | 96% | 2019-11-07 |
| 36503. | milk (katikat42) | 58.14 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
| 36504. | Eli (elitheprophet) | 58.13 | 96% | 2024-02-21 |
| 36505. | lojs (lojs234) | 58.13 | 95% | 2024-11-18 |
| 36506. | thetypegooner (thetypegooner) | 58.13 | 98% | 2025-01-13 |
| 36507. | Mr Programmer (mohamed42003) | 58.13 | 97.9% | 2024-11-15 |
| 36508. | Rayan (irvwi) | 58.13 | 96% | 2024-10-25 |
| 36509. | Kiprotich (kiprotich) | 58.13 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
| 36510. | Vlad (exrede) | 58.13 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
| 36511. | Chelsi (zinia) | 58.12 | 95% | 2019-08-31 |
| 36512. | rajiun (rajiun) | 58.12 | 98% | 2022-08-21 |
| 36513. | bhuvu (bhuvu) | 58.12 | 96% | 2023-12-27 |
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