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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| 32535. | Stefan (lingprak) | 65.11 | 95% | 2013-04-18 |
| 32536. | li (lilya) | 65.11 | 98% | 2019-09-22 |
| 32537. | Ben (benmajim) | 65.10 | 96.1% | 2025-03-08 |
| 32538. | Vapex Predator (johnny_12) | 65.10 | 96.3% | 2025-03-30 |
| 32539. | harold finch (sneakypretzels) | 65.10 | 95.4% | 2025-04-29 |
| 32540. | Oehan (oehan) | 65.10 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
| 32541. | Pooja (poojasrre) | 65.10 | 98% | 2024-04-03 |
| 32542. | Pragyan (pntripathi9417) | 65.10 | 98% | 2020-02-18 |
| 32543. | Tawfik (tawfik_2003) | 65.09 | 98% | 2025-08-14 |
| 32544. | Lisa (lisadvet) | 65.09 | 97.7% | 2025-03-01 |
| 32545. | Jacob Biese (jbiese27) | 65.09 | 96% | 2024-10-17 |
| 32546. | dulk634705 (dulk634705) | 65.09 | 96% | 2024-05-15 |
| 32547. | GCoffee (gcoffee_01) | 65.09 | 95% | 2025-04-15 |
| 32548. | Pipe (ergodoxturtle) | 65.09 | 94% | 2020-12-21 |
| 32549. | SuprDewd (suprdewd) | 65.09 | 87% | 2015-02-02 |
| 32550. | erick (erick100) | 65.09 | 92% | 2012-06-19 |
| 32551. | missplled (misspelledagain) | 65.08 | 97% | 2024-05-02 |
| 32552. | Typeman (sepyt) | 65.08 | 96% | 2025-09-26 |
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| 32554. | Maria (marlab) | 65.08 | 98% | 2021-09-24 |
| 32555. | Sebastian (ilikechips) | 65.08 | 97% | 2013-02-25 |
| 32556. | 詩央 (shio) | 65.08 | 97% | 2016-07-23 |
| 32557. | aulneu (jin_huang) | 65.08 | 96% | 2011-07-10 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |