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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| 26170. | Saket (saketraj) | 69.23 | 97% | 2024-06-12 |
| 26171. | Shawn Paul (ample) | 69.23 | 97.7% | 2024-01-08 |
| 26172. | Jeffrey (randomhour) | 69.23 | 95% | 2014-12-22 |
| 26173. | Jamethy (jamethy) | 69.23 | — | 2011-03-17 |
| 26174. | BlackSpade (blackspade934) | 69.22 | 98.1% | 2025-01-31 |
| 26175. | fisaty1024 (umang143) | 69.22 | 96% | 2024-09-11 |
| 26176. | swing (heccbean) | 69.22 | 97% | 2024-06-11 |
| 26177. | Oliwer (financialojay) | 69.22 | 96% | 2025-01-18 |
| 26178. | Lloyd (llgraves) | 69.22 | 98% | 2022-06-24 |
| 26179. | Michael (aeonlight) | 69.22 | 90% | 2012-11-19 |
| 26180. | Pš„šš«š±š¬šŖ-š... | 69.21 | 95% | 2024-05-02 |
| 26181. | Ankith (ankith2002) | 69.21 | 96% | 2025-01-08 |
| 26182. | nhubm (a_blover108) | 69.21 | 97% | 2025-05-28 |
| 26183. | Paull (paulh_112904) | 69.21 | 96% | 2022-04-01 |
| 26184. | Vincent (effaz) | 69.21 | 92% | 2015-03-15 |
| 26185. | puppy0cam (puppy0cam) | 69.21 | 97% | 2021-01-29 |
| 26186. | Amarpreet (ampit) | 69.20 | 90% | 2011-09-10 |
| 26187. | XIUYING (etwahls) | 69.20 | 95% | 2024-08-24 |
| 26188. | Yaaseen (lauski999) | 69.20 | 95% | 2024-08-07 |
| 26189. | shane (shanebk) | 69.20 | 96% | 2022-08-09 |
| 26190. | Ishan (aquaticos) | 69.20 | 97% | 2024-05-25 |
| 26191. | Henr (bantoe) | 69.20 | 96% | 2023-02-11 |
| 26192. | not (not_vidhu) | 69.20 | 96% | 2022-06-07 |
| 26193. | Ram (ramans) | 69.20 | 91% | 2014-07-11 |
| 26194. | kevin (hyzing) | 69.20 | 86% | 2013-11-13 |
| 26195. | Ein (einkokelhahn) | 69.20 | 95% | 2018-10-11 |
| 26196. | Nosupes4u (nosupes4u) | 69.19 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
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