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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| 15237. | ivan (ivanchok) | 82.18 | 97% | 2021-10-29 |
| 15238. | Mango (mangoognam) | 82.18 | 95% | 2020-12-22 |
| 15239. | arogan (arogan) | 82.18 | 97% | 2014-10-02 |
| 15240. | lammi (lamie) | 82.18 | 96% | 2015-05-22 |
| 15241. | Rachel (rachel1491) | 82.18 | 97% | 2017-05-19 |
| 15242. | Tony 🐱👤 (demon0192) | 82.18 | 97% | 2017-11-24 |
| 15243. | Jacob (jjensen22) | 82.17 | 97% | 2024-06-15 |
| 15244. | steb (saenaii) | 82.17 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
| 15245. | Zachary (zacdos) | 82.17 | 99% | 2018-02-24 |
| 15246. | adverb (adverb7) | 82.17 | 96.5% | 2025-05-20 |
| 15247. | Heyhou (david73) | 82.17 | 96.6% | 2021-02-27 |
| 15248. | Jess (jesstenhoeve) | 82.17 | 97% | 2021-02-23 |
| 15249. | Fedupedu (fedupedu) | 82.17 | 92% | 2016-12-12 |
| 15250. | Jennifer (123jenny123) | 82.17 | 96% | 2015-11-22 |
| 15251. | Danny (forspam121) | 82.17 | 94% | 2014-09-21 |
| 15252. | Okayish (crappytyper) | 82.17 | 95% | 2015-01-28 |
| 15253. | Cult (kellybottle) | 82.16 | 95.7% | 2025-05-09 |
| 15254. | sigmatyper69 (sigmatyper69) | 82.16 | 97% | 2025-02-03 |
| 15255. | Alex (skadoosh47) | 82.16 | 97% | 2024-09-17 |
| 15256. | Siddharth (siddharthkurnal) | 82.16 | 98% | 2018-02-22 |
| 15257. | blermingtonduck (blermingto... | 82.16 | 96% | 2024-04-17 |
| 15258. | end (end_pro) | 82.16 | 99% | 2022-09-12 |
| 15259. | Ted (lucky_strike) | 82.16 | 98% | 2021-07-31 |
| 15260. | Andy (superchickeneat) | 82.16 | 95% | 2022-06-16 |
| 15261. | House (houses) | 82.16 | 97.7% | 2024-04-18 |
| 15262. | Jeremy (levi_o) | 82.16 | 97.1% | 2024-01-11 |
| 15263. | wizkorea (chrisy00) | 82.16 | 91% | 2015-03-26 |
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