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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| 41557. | (fear4good) | 54.73 | 92% | 2015-04-29 |
| 41558. | pankaj (arya1pankaj) | 54.73 | 94% | 2013-11-11 |
| 41559. | (robozin) | 54.72 | 97% | 2024-07-17 |
| 41560. | (robozarp) | 54.72 | 94% | 2016-01-27 |
| 41561. | Xcentrick (hardiksince1987) | 54.72 | 96% | 2025-11-30 |
| 41562. | (schmoooo) | 54.72 | 97% | 2018-12-09 |
| 41563. | (kirikuuu) | 54.71 | 95% | 2023-06-27 |
| 41564. | (k3v5tr) | 54.71 | 96% | 2024-07-01 |
| 41565. | (darren_25) | 54.71 | 98% | 2025-07-17 |
| 41566. | (rizkix) | 54.71 | 93% | 2015-07-22 |
| 41567. | (vamosramos) | 54.71 | — | 2010-06-25 |
| 41568. | (tunny) | 54.71 | 91% | 2011-05-21 |
| 41569. | (moyville2) | 54.71 | 95% | 2012-05-17 |
| 41570. | (manders83) | 54.71 | 93% | 2012-02-24 |
| 41571. | (kunal_saxena) | 54.71 | 88% | 2011-06-27 |
| 41572. | (gofor100) | 54.71 | 91% | 2012-04-27 |
| 41573. | (3bsi) | 54.70 | 92.9% | 2025-05-24 |
| 41574. | (aleth) | 54.70 | 93% | 2013-05-23 |
| 41575. | (peckapauli) | 54.70 | 94.3% | 2023-12-27 |
| 41576. | Alex (formerself) | 54.70 | 97% | 2015-02-20 |
| 41577. | (ultramega2) | 54.70 | 95% | 2021-02-10 |
| 41578. | NoeKenyGayre (lazyeye) | 54.70 | 90% | 2012-02-04 |
| 41579. | (haruspex) | 54.70 | — | 2010-10-13 |
| 41580. | Dipten (dipten) | 54.69 | 96% | 2026-02-25 |
| 41581. | (iassiyadi) | 54.69 | 95% | 2025-09-13 |
| 41582. | (hachi_roku_86) | 54.69 | 98% | 2025-08-21 |
| 41583. | (ps_td) | 54.69 | 98% | 2024-02-04 |
| 41584. | june (optical_molasses) | 54.69 | 96% | 2022-09-06 |
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