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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| 14245. | (m3tax) | 84.68 | 90% | 2015-08-31 |
| 14246. | Eldgrisen (eldgrisen) | 84.68 | 96% | 2018-02-05 |
| 14247. | (oluwatoba) | 84.68 | 94% | 2012-11-24 |
| 14248. | (disasterlooms) | 84.68 | 97% | 2019-02-03 |
| 14249. | (limitbreakz) | 84.67 | 97.3% | 2025-03-16 |
| 14250. | (dubujjang) | 84.67 | 97.2% | 2024-12-12 |
| 14251. | (fongsrisinc) | 84.67 | 98% | 2024-12-02 |
| 14252. | (gregularjoe) | 84.67 | 98.1% | 2024-01-18 |
| 14253. | (united9jackson) | 84.67 | 96% | 2021-11-12 |
| 14254. | (wishiwasalt) | 84.67 | 98.3% | 2024-01-25 |
| 14255. | (wector77y) | 84.67 | 95% | 2021-12-09 |
| 14256. | (kittipot1) | 84.67 | 98% | 2020-12-15 |
| 14257. | (bsonde) | 84.67 | 97% | 2019-09-05 |
| 14258. | Abah (melaka) | 84.67 | 95% | 2014-08-22 |
| 14259. | (schiggy) | 84.67 | 94% | 2014-12-05 |
| 14260. | (dirtyphoenix) | 84.67 | 93% | 2016-03-19 |
| 14261. | Adrian (adrian4k_) | 84.66 | 97% | 2026-01-12 |
| 14262. | (zennabon) | 84.66 | 98% | 2022-08-06 |
| 14263. | Darapsas (darapsas) | 84.66 | 99% | 2021-10-22 |
| 14264. | (psychobrainman) | 84.66 | 100% | 2018-07-30 |
| 14265. | (lebum) | 84.66 | 96% | 2015-08-09 |
| 14266. | (chris7ka) | 84.66 | 97.5% | 2024-05-03 |
| 14267. | Eroar (eroar) | 84.65 | 99% | 2025-10-28 |
| 14268. | (brew0117) | 84.65 | 98% | 2025-11-13 |
| 14269. | (vthebee) | 84.65 | 98% | 2024-08-30 |
| 14270. | (nickjonaz) | 84.65 | 97% | 2023-09-22 |
| 14271. | (pbo12) | 84.65 | 97% | 2025-05-20 |
| 14272. | (emahaulu20) | 84.65 | 97% | 2016-05-25 |
| 14273. | (bfitz88) | 84.65 | 97% | 2016-02-19 |
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