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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| 21996. | Xyhop (xyhop) | 75.79 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
| 21997. | Denny (shizkr) | 75.79 | 98% | 2020-04-23 |
| 21998. | saeednezamy@gmail.com (saee... | 75.79 | 95% | 2016-05-16 |
| 21999. | wiz (wizthethird) | 75.79 | 93% | 2012-12-05 |
| 22000. | Krishna (krrish94) | 75.79 | 95% | 2015-10-13 |
| 22001. | Ethan (an3223) | 75.79 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
| 22002. | casey (casecat) | 75.78 | 97.2% | 2025-04-20 |
| 22003. | Neil (neil_dudheker) | 75.78 | 98.5% | 2024-11-16 |
| 22004. | Eric (afrodisiac96) | 75.78 | 95.9% | 2023-12-29 |
| 22005. | Brendan (skewy) | 75.78 | 97% | 2022-09-07 |
| 22006. | Miki (miki95) | 75.78 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
| 22007. | Łukasz (paltarica) | 75.78 | 95% | 2021-07-31 |
| 22008. | Tyler (exilereject) | 75.78 | 95.6% | 2023-12-29 |
| 22009. | Andrejs (e2e4) | 75.78 | 97% | 2012-07-25 |
| 22010. | Matt (mpochmara) | 75.78 | 96% | 2012-12-14 |
| 22011. | Sniperblackout (sniperblack... | 75.78 | 94% | 2012-04-10 |
| 22012. | Edwin (flamed208) | 75.77 | 97% | 2025-12-06 |
| 22013. | Miles (miles_lauden) | 75.77 | 98% | 2026-02-10 |
| 22014. | koeksuster (koeksuster) | 75.77 | 98% | 2025-03-01 |
| 22015. | 2 Second Headstart (in_lect... | 75.77 | 96% | 2025-05-18 |
| 22016. | Gabriel (gabpro) | 75.77 | 97.7% | 2024-11-11 |
| 22017. | Josh (armada120) | 75.77 | 95% | 2017-08-07 |
| 22018. | alex (alexaesopos) | 75.77 | 97% | 2023-02-04 |
| 22019. | brad (slaccr) | 75.77 | 97.3% | 2024-04-09 |
| 22020. | Declan (declan) | 75.77 | — | 2010-07-26 |
| 22021. | Ever (efebo) | 75.76 | 89% | 2013-12-23 |
| 22022. | Paulo (paulo0506) | 75.76 | 97% | 2019-01-01 |
| 22023. | garry (ganesh1998) | 75.76 | 97% | 2025-04-10 |
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