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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40440. | oleh (obaranovskyi) | 55.39 | 97% | 2024-06-28 |
40441. | MaybeJustJames (maybejustja... | 55.39 | 97% | 2024-11-15 |
40442. | manoj (mjbx) | 55.39 | 95.7% | 2025-01-18 |
40443. | Josh (belewcookies) | 55.39 | 94% | 2021-08-26 |
40444. | Drekade (drekade) | 55.39 | 95% | 2021-08-26 |
40445. | ABDELLATIF (hktitof) | 55.39 | 93.1% | 2023-12-04 |
40446. | Martina (martinasp) | 55.39 | 97% | 2018-10-16 |
40447. | Sam (sams25) | 55.39 | 91% | 2016-01-27 |
40448. | iDontLoveMyCountry(I love m... | 55.38 | 92.5% | 2024-03-27 |
40449. | Beachhh_Houseee (beachhh_ho... | 55.38 | 96% | 2024-03-07 |
40450. | Eons (eons_) | 55.38 | 97% | 2024-04-04 |
40451. | Entro (entro_50) | 55.38 | 94% | 2025-10-03 |
40452. | Awil (cawaleyare) | 55.38 | 95% | 2022-01-30 |
40453. | Manny (mannyc70) | 55.38 | 93% | 2014-03-28 |
40454. | Derp (bandchick101) | 55.38 | 88% | 2013-12-02 |
40455. | Hieu (lehieu76) | 55.38 | — | 2010-09-30 |
40456. | G82DOOM (g82doom) | 55.37 | 96.8% | 2025-01-12 |
40457. | Andrew (drewvirya) | 55.37 | 95.3% | 2024-09-26 |
40458. | peekabo (ahyongyeo) | 55.37 | 97.6% | 2024-08-02 |
40459. | Sajjad Ali (a_sajjad_72) | 55.37 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
40460. | Louis (marstosirius) | 55.37 | 97.1% | 2023-12-08 |
40461. | Zhengyang (mmm_jerome) | 55.37 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
40462. | Youssef (iiyusuf) | 55.37 | 94.5% | 2023-12-28 |
40463. | Michael (tomisfat) | 55.37 | 92% | 2012-08-23 |
40464. | jasmine (chandani) | 55.37 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
40465. | Pascal (okcompute) | 55.36 | 98% | 2025-04-15 |
40466. | aeign (eyncore) | 55.36 | 97% | 2025-04-18 |
40467. | Bryce (bp1044) | 55.36 | 97% | 2024-09-25 |
40468. | Carl (imcarll) | 55.36 | 93% | 2023-12-09 |
40469. | bigwayv (bigwayv) | 55.36 | 97% | 2020-07-01 |
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