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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| 32283. | Boga (teemo11) | 62.85 | 97% | 2024-08-06 |
| 32284. | nihnos (nihnos) | 62.85 | 95.8% | 2025-03-25 |
| 32285. | KuanYu Tan (kuantan) | 62.85 | 95% | 2022-06-24 |
| 32286. | No One Can Beat Me (himansh... | 62.85 | 97% | 2024-12-03 |
| 32287. | Juco (waco) | 62.85 | 96% | 2013-06-18 |
| 32288. | morpeth (morpeth) | 62.85 | 91% | 2013-05-21 |
| 32289. | jayson (jaysonkidd32) | 62.85 | — | 2010-07-20 |
| 32290. | JOHN SAMSON (john_samson) | 62.84 | 97% | 2025-06-10 |
| 32291. | BlockingBelow (blockingbelow) | 62.84 | 95% | 2024-10-11 |
| 32292. | Deltaology (deltaology) | 62.84 | 95.8% | 2024-11-30 |
| 32293. | Gape Horn (harrykanelegend) | 62.84 | 95% | 2024-08-21 |
| 32294. | i eat paper (julianlikespigs) | 62.84 | 95% | 2018-12-26 |
| 32295. | Joshua (servantra44) | 62.84 | 99% | 2023-05-26 |
| 32296. | Ilias (iliasanastasiadis) | 62.84 | 91% | 2016-09-28 |
| 32297. | orca_stelov (howdy) | 62.84 | 94% | 2011-12-02 |
| 32298. | Henry (hgeter) | 62.84 | 95% | 2014-01-29 |
| 32299. | Sagot (saho_12) | 62.83 | 96% | 2025-01-15 |
| 32300. | Skelp (skelp) | 62.83 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
| 32301. | Thiccob (jacobguy_124) | 62.83 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
| 32302. | Issac (issacj) | 62.83 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
| 32303. | ubaldo (ubakun) | 62.83 | 95% | 2013-03-27 |
| 32304. | Matteo (atteo1000) | 62.83 | 94% | 2023-02-23 |
| 32305. | Ali (hardstone) | 62.83 | 94.1% | 2024-12-15 |
| 32306. | Matt (shorts8617) | 62.83 | 95% | 2011-08-26 |
| 32307. | Graham (ghartigan) | 62.83 | 95% | 2014-10-07 |
| 32308. | Shaw (shawili) | 62.82 | 95.9% | 2025-02-14 |
| 32309. | Shashwat Pragya (shash183) | 62.82 | 96% | 2024-07-15 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |