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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| 3599. | ℕ (noctua) | 109.06 | 98% | 2013-04-22 |
| 3600. | Jacob (drummerjacob) | 109.05 | 95% | 2013-09-24 |
| 3601. | Matt (mattyice445) | 109.05 | 97% | 2026-02-10 |
| 3602. | Ken (geefie) | 109.05 | 97.5% | 2024-07-07 |
| 3603. | Weichao (chaoyunfat) | 109.05 | 95% | 2014-07-26 |
| 3604. | con (connanz1234) | 109.04 | 98% | 2025-09-18 |
| 3605. | Cill (venomrider) | 109.04 | 98% | 2019-11-04 |
| 3606. | John Carlo (krnz) | 109.04 | 96% | 2014-11-13 |
| 3607. | BoRiSwOnG (boriswong) | 109.01 | 97.5% | 2024-10-21 |
| 3608. | christo (christo_) | 109.01 | 99.7% | 2023-11-19 |
| 3609. | Brian (oddeo) | 109.00 | 88% | 2015-11-11 |
| 3610. | johnny (stopbeatingme) | 109.00 | 98% | 2017-06-27 |
| 3611. | might quit cause (theyellow... | 109.00 | 98% | 2018-03-09 |
| 3612. | bub (bubmaley) | 108.99 | 97% | 2022-04-13 |
| 3613. | Vince (vince91) | 108.99 | 96% | 2013-01-28 |
| 3614. | ikke (mecduval) | 108.98 | 95% | 2011-10-22 |
| 3615. | Missamig (missamig) | 108.97 | 98% | 2019-01-09 |
| 3616. | Ossi (xyeet) | 108.97 | 97% | 2020-08-24 |
| 3617. | Andrew (terrillble) | 108.97 | 97% | 2015-06-01 |
| 3618. | Kiyo (kiyobird) | 108.97 | 95% | 2016-08-28 |
| 3619. | (menacing) | 108.97 | 95% | 2019-10-11 |
| 3620. | Anton (hiya24) | 108.97 | 94% | 2016-11-13 |
| 3621. | Joshua (joshuacrotts) | 108.96 | 94% | 2016-08-12 |
| 3622. | Jezebelle (jezebe11e) | 108.96 | 98% | 2012-03-31 |
| 3623. | skadoodle (veryez2k1) | 108.96 | 95% | 2016-05-21 |
| 3624. | Gary (garyboo) | 108.96 | 97% | 2018-01-06 |
| 3625. | Austin (austinhwang) | 108.96 | 99% | 2018-03-01 |
| 3626. | suedeer (suedeer207) | 108.95 | 97.1% | 2024-11-09 |
| 3627. | aaaa (guest77) | 108.95 | 96% | 2014-12-25 |
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