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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| 22999. | (mwt3e) | 74.38 | 95% | 2011-12-13 |
| 23000. | (megnmoore1987) | 74.37 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
| 23001. | (teddyh) | 74.37 | 96% | 2015-09-02 |
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