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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| 25219. | zzeljkovic (zzeljkovic) | 72.29 | 97% | 2024-03-23 |
| 25220. | mn (phmnop) | 72.29 | 96% | 2024-04-04 |
| 25221. | Typer (typer913) | 72.29 | 97% | 2025-12-05 |
| 25222. | Ben (sleazism) | 72.29 | 96% | 2023-08-17 |
| 25223. | rohan (rohan_verma__) | 72.29 | 96% | 2023-04-19 |
| 25224. | jaMart (jamart) | 72.29 | 96% | 2013-09-09 |
| 25225. | _les_ (_les_) | 72.29 | 100% | 2018-10-14 |
| 25226. | Contigo (contigo1) | 72.28 | 96.9% | 2025-05-09 |
| 25227. | International_Trout (intern... | 72.28 | 96.6% | 2024-12-16 |
| 25228. | StarkSworn06 (aethelwolf_23) | 72.28 | 98% | 2024-11-07 |
| 25229. | heisen (heisen_69) | 72.28 | 98% | 2024-09-03 |
| 25230. | Abhimanyu (a_bhimany_u) | 72.28 | 95.8% | 2024-04-30 |
| 25231. | Young-Rae (koreandude555) | 72.28 | 96.9% | 2025-04-20 |
| 25232. | Benjamin (benluo) | 72.28 | 97% | 2025-07-19 |
| 25233. | John (tacosmanjoe) | 72.28 | 94% | 2023-02-23 |
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| 25236. | amine (aminestyle) | 72.27 | 94% | 2026-02-09 |
| 25237. | Stun (uchihamandara0901) | 72.27 | 97.2% | 2024-07-06 |
| 25238. | Jhonarc (cranohj) | 72.27 | 97% | 2024-07-20 |
| 25239. | Siddharth (sid_1310) | 72.27 | 97% | 2023-03-05 |
| 25240. | lelapin (lelapin743) | 72.27 | 87% | 2013-09-17 |
| 25241. | Champion (error404_winner) | 72.27 | 99% | 2025-06-04 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |