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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| 6173. | ChaserBD04 (chaserbd04) | 99.10 | 97% | 2014-01-06 |
| 6174. | D (ducktypist) | 99.09 | 99% | 2022-12-22 |
| 6175. | Vardan (vardan) | 99.09 | 96% | 2011-12-15 |
| 6176. | Nejco (mrnejco) | 99.08 | 96.4% | 2024-05-16 |
| 6177. | Kiluath (kiluath) | 99.08 | 98% | 2024-03-31 |
| 6178. | Zarag (zaragg) | 99.08 | 98% | 2021-01-09 |
| 6179. | Jack (boesendorfer) | 99.08 | 94% | 2016-03-07 |
| 6180. | Chris (runic) | 99.07 | 98% | 2011-10-07 |
| 6181. | Michael Sutu (n0tmike) | 99.07 | 97.7% | 2024-12-29 |
| 6182. | speedy (tryhardhebrew7) | 99.07 | 98% | 2023-01-19 |
| 6183. | Stefan (fortress_king) | 99.07 | 99.3% | 2023-05-18 |
| 6184. | Mako (mako7) | 99.07 | 98% | 2020-10-28 |
| 6185. | Michael (mtgandp) | 99.07 | 95% | 2012-08-21 |
| 6186. | phil (philerd) | 99.07 | 99% | 2017-09-20 |
| 6187. | Ninjapancakes (ninjapancakes) | 99.07 | 97% | 2015-03-31 |
| 6188. | ☼_☼ (temuramir) | 99.07 | 97% | 2012-07-16 |
| 6189. | jam (jamola) | 99.06 | 98% | 2024-12-05 |
| 6190. | Javier (dude_brah_man) | 99.06 | 97% | 2011-12-01 |
| 6191. | Are you using a (mechne) | 99.06 | — | 2010-12-08 |
| 6192. | biady (biadyy) | 99.05 | 98% | 2025-06-04 |
| 6193. | Ravi (ravishankarr) | 99.05 | 97.9% | 2025-02-25 |
| 6194. | luckiey (luckiey) | 99.05 | 97% | 2021-01-25 |
| 6195. | Eric (guster09) | 99.05 | 97% | 2015-12-28 |
| 6196. | Ed (unknownalias) | 99.04 | 98% | 2025-06-14 |
| 6197. | K3V1N (kleinkevindd) | 99.04 | 95% | 2015-06-12 |
| 6198. | havic (havic9) | 99.04 | 96% | 2017-10-11 |
| 6199. | Steph (skicks) | 99.03 | 95% | 2017-05-31 |
| 6200. | cain (lollypoop) | 99.03 | 94% | 2024-08-17 |
| 6201. | wowzie panda (wowzie) | 99.02 | 97% | 2025-01-03 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |