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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| 20645. | Tanner (tankdh) | 75.79 | 92% | 2013-04-01 |
| 20646. | Ethan (an3223) | 75.79 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
| 20647. | Denny (shizkr) | 75.79 | 98% | 2020-04-23 |
| 20648. | wiz (wizthethird) | 75.79 | 93% | 2012-12-05 |
| 20649. | saeednezamy@gmail.com (saee... | 75.79 | 95% | 2016-05-16 |
| 20650. | Krishna (krrish94) | 75.79 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
| 20651. | casey (casecat) | 75.78 | 97.2% | 2025-04-20 |
| 20652. | Neil (neil_dudheker) | 75.78 | 98.5% | 2024-11-16 |
| 20653. | Eric (afrodisiac96) | 75.78 | 95.9% | 2023-12-29 |
| 20654. | Brendan (skewy) | 75.78 | 97% | 2022-09-07 |
| 20655. | Miki (miki95) | 75.78 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
| 20656. | Tyler (exilereject) | 75.78 | 95.6% | 2023-12-29 |
| 20657. | Łukasz (paltarica) | 75.78 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
| 20658. | Andrejs (e2e4) | 75.78 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
| 20659. | Matt (mpochmara) | 75.78 | 96% | 2012-12-14 |
| 20660. | Sniperblackout (sniperblack... | 75.78 | 94% | 2012-04-10 |
| 20661. | 2 Second Headstart (in_lect... | 75.77 | 96% | 2025-05-18 |
| 20662. | Gabriel (gabpro) | 75.77 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
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| 20664. | brad (slaccr) | 75.77 | 97% | 2024-04-09 |
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| 20668. | Paulo (paulo0506) | 75.76 | 97% | 2019-01-01 |
| 20669. | garry (ganesh1998) | 75.76 | 97% | 2025-04-10 |
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