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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| 42065. | Naless8Ice (bigice457) | 49.15 | 97.3% | 2024-08-17 |
| 42066. | Sang (nhs89) | 49.15 | 93% | 2012-02-09 |
| 42067. | Halil (lilko) | 49.15 | 97% | 2011-06-21 |
| 42068. | jason (jason_park) | 49.15 | 89% | 2012-03-19 |
| 42069. | helen (antique_ets) | 49.14 | 93.9% | 2025-01-13 |
| 42070. | flanker (fl3nker) | 49.14 | 96% | 2024-08-11 |
| 42071. | Ochi (ochimoto) | 49.14 | 94.1% | 2024-01-03 |
| 42072. | Zech (rive) | 49.14 | — | 2010-11-24 |
| 42073. | Rekelo (rekelo) | 49.14 | 94% | 2020-12-23 |
| 42074. | Vu (vuta) | 49.14 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 42075. | 紫夕橋 (s04416) | 49.14 | 97% | 2013-11-11 |
| 42076. | moaicon (moaicon69) | 49.13 | 94% | 2025-02-03 |
| 42077. | Eren Yeager (itzadit) | 49.13 | 95% | 2021-05-16 |
| 42078. | Jaciel (itsvybe) | 49.13 | 92% | 2019-03-12 |
| 42079. | Sooraj (thesgyro) | 49.13 | 95% | 2017-07-26 |
| 42080. | Elaina (erenton80) | 49.13 | 93% | 2015-02-03 |
| 42081. | boinge (boingee) | 49.12 | 93.8% | 2024-09-23 |
| 42082. | Noob (stupid_noob1) | 49.12 | 95% | 2024-04-16 |
| 42083. | okay__okey (okay__okey) | 49.12 | 95% | 2023-09-14 |
| 42084. | John (1underman123) | 49.12 | 96% | 2021-04-28 |
| 42085. | humm (humm) | 49.12 | — | 2011-04-19 |
| 42086. | gigi (jimmy_may) | 49.12 | 85% | 2013-04-06 |
| 42087. | kris (kriskarm) | 49.12 | 97% | 2012-07-02 |
| 42088. | Occrats (occrats) | 49.11 | 95% | 2024-07-25 |
| 42089. | seif (seifgost) | 49.10 | 94% | 2022-03-07 |
| 42090. | Jospeh (joseph_blota) | 49.10 | 97% | 2024-10-29 |
| 42091. | Maguro (maguro_sasakireal) | 49.10 | 96% | 2024-06-18 |
| 42092. | Andy Hue (andy_hue) | 49.10 | 91.6% | 2023-11-12 |
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| 42094. | Felix Nielsen (stephenbunting) | 49.09 | 96% | 2025-01-11 |
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