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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| 6082. | lillith (watafromboris) | 99.34 | 98% | 2025-06-12 |
| 6083. | Brandon (inbloom) | 99.34 | 98% | 2012-11-05 |
| 6084. | Jack (jackc) | 99.34 | 98% | 2013-01-22 |
| 6085. | Mechanical or GTFO (keiange... | 99.34 | 96% | 2014-12-04 |
| 6086. | Mister Jones (tiucsibyxalag) | 99.33 | 97% | 2023-09-20 |
| 6087. | Peter (peterkimz) | 99.33 | 96% | 2012-12-22 |
| 6088. | Guest (whoyoung99) | 99.33 | 98.8% | 2024-06-20 |
| 6089. | elephanturd (elephanturd) | 99.33 | 98% | 2018-11-05 |
| 6090. | one handed (runescimmy) | 99.33 | 93% | 2016-10-22 |
| 6091. | 000 (oknotok_) | 99.32 | 98.2% | 2023-07-28 |
| 6092. | Grigor (grigor) | 99.32 | 95% | 2015-08-27 |
| 6093. | laezza (inimitabile) | 99.32 | 97% | 2021-10-20 |
| 6094. | blues (blueswrld) | 99.31 | 98.4% | 2024-10-11 |
| 6095. | Man (man123_) | 99.31 | 98% | 2024-04-30 |
| 6096. | Peter (pdrey03) | 99.31 | 99% | 2021-02-24 |
| 6097. | Jerry (jub3r7) | 99.31 | 97% | 2013-08-07 |
| 6098. | Mino (mino1024) | 99.30 | 100% | 2024-05-02 |
| 6099. | Josh (jhc9999) | 99.30 | 97.9% | 2025-02-09 |
| 6100. | Lucho (luchohs) | 99.30 | 96% | 2013-12-20 |
| 6101. | Demancer (demancer) | 99.30 | 98% | 2021-10-12 |
| 6102. | AB (ablah34) | 99.29 | 99.5% | 2024-02-07 |
| 6103. | (rioting) | 99.29 | 95% | 2020-07-03 |
| 6104. | Django (backstop13) | 99.29 | 100% | 2017-07-19 |
| 6105. | Lester (lester1) | 99.29 | 96% | 2012-08-05 |
| 6106. | Magz (magzse7en) | 99.28 | 99% | 2022-06-30 |
| 6107. | Jem (rollingapple) | 99.28 | 97% | 2022-06-03 |
| 6108. | Kyle (kylepuno) | 99.28 | 94% | 2014-02-06 |
| 6109. | Mikey (mikeybox) | 99.28 | 95% | 2012-08-20 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |