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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| 7302. | FREE PALESTINE (os1506) | 97.22 | 98.8% | 2023-11-24 |
| 7303. | Sinfullx (sinfullx) | 97.22 | 92% | 2012-04-23 |
| 7304. | Kevin (kevinu) | 97.22 | 96% | 2018-08-16 |
| 7305. | ZY (godchou22) | 97.21 | 98% | 2020-10-17 |
| 7306. | Pehz (pehz) | 97.21 | 97% | 2021-08-28 |
| 7307. | Haggis (haggis) | 97.21 | 98% | 2012-01-12 |
| 7308. | Joe (mareep) | 97.21 | 91% | 2015-11-23 |
| 7309. | Fons (fonsie89) | 97.20 | 97% | 2023-05-05 |
| 7310. | Yash (yashshah) | 97.20 | 92% | 2011-12-18 |
| 7311. | hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... | 97.20 | 99% | 2024-07-20 |
| 7312. | Jake (cloudberrylive) | 97.20 | 95% | 2013-09-29 |
| 7313. | Jorge (gdgz) | 97.20 | 94% | 2015-05-04 |
| 7314. | TortoiseTyper (mediocracy) | 97.19 | 97% | 2025-10-08 |
| 7315. | Jimmie (jimzo) | 97.19 | 97% | 2026-03-13 |
| 7316. | allison (_allisonsun) | 97.19 | 97% | 2021-08-15 |
| 7317. | gradient (misaelmmorales06) | 97.19 | 98% | 2022-04-13 |
| 7318. | Daniel (macropgahe) | 97.18 | 97.5% | 2024-05-22 |
| 7319. | Kaylee (kaycamper19) | 97.18 | 98% | 2021-07-14 |
| 7320. | KBA (kdlt) | 97.18 | 97% | 2020-05-30 |
| 7321. | Jonathan (mabberino) | 97.18 | 98% | 2022-07-29 |
| 7322. | Robert (z1lc) | 97.18 | 94% | 2012-04-18 |
| 7323. | Angel Nunez (angel_n) | 97.17 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 7324. | bayzed9355 (bayzed9355) | 97.17 | 97% | 2025-11-11 |
| 7325. | Lauren (merpling) | 97.17 | 98% | 2021-11-21 |
| 7326. | Nick (nidzoni) | 97.17 | 97% | 2021-10-25 |
| 7327. | JJ (japie4life) | 97.17 | 92% | 2016-10-29 |
| 7328. | sfagetthi (sfagetthi) | 97.16 | 96% | 2025-06-29 |
| 7329. | (caprices) | 97.16 | 97.7% | 2025-03-19 |
| 7330. | pubert (spinecow1) | 97.16 | 94% | 2025-10-17 |
| 7331. | Cooper (gainczak) | 97.16 | 97% | 2022-10-01 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |