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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| 40113. | Ashish Kumar (god_of_war2) | 53.10 | 95% | 2025-05-31 |
| 40114. | Boyka (boyka_pp12) | 53.10 | 96% | 2024-12-12 |
| 40115. | billy (billybobblazin) | 53.10 | 96% | 2024-06-05 |
| 40116. | rakvat (rakvat) | 53.10 | 91% | 2013-11-06 |
| 40117. | hueno (aurixle) | 53.10 | 95.6% | 2024-01-06 |
| 40118. | paper (paperstar) | 53.10 | 95% | 2024-03-08 |
| 40119. | Mhonromo Patton (drakstax) | 53.09 | 96% | 2025-03-03 |
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| 40121. | :] (soogz) | 53.09 | 97% | 2024-07-03 |
| 40122. | Rakibul Hassan (rony12) | 53.09 | 96% | 2023-03-05 |
| 40123. | Anthony (reaper2011) | 53.09 | — | 2011-04-27 |
| 40124. | nhim (chikiro) | 53.09 | 94% | 2024-01-31 |
| 40125. | jane (janepillowcute) | 53.09 | 95% | 2014-09-01 |
| 40126. | Nick (gyroidman1000) | 53.09 | 88% | 2013-10-26 |
| 40127. | Pham Trung (anhhungdie) | 53.09 | — | 2011-02-22 |
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