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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| 34136. | danakittyy (danakittyy) | 61.36 | 89% | 2011-06-07 |
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| 34142. | Tan (lanceyoo) | 61.35 | — | 2010-07-05 |
| 34143. | Mahtan (mahtan) | 61.35 | — | 2011-04-19 |
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