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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| 19401. | MikeZuri (mike27) | 77.00 | 97% | 2013-05-14 |
| 19402. | Semanta (the_who) | 77.00 | 99% | 2025-06-12 |
| 19403. | Mauricio (plomaverde) | 77.00 | 94% | 2013-09-17 |
| 19404. | Eric (ericstern) | 77.00 | 96% | 2012-06-14 |
| 19405. | Longge (longge) | 76.99 | 96% | 2024-02-27 |
| 19406. | Bless (bassium) | 76.99 | 96.7% | 2024-03-13 |
| 19407. | Gulay (gulaybeans) | 76.99 | 98.3% | 2023-12-05 |
| 19408. | hellooooo (hk_in_london) | 76.99 | 97% | 2021-11-04 |
| 19409. | Smuff (smuff) | 76.99 | 97.5% | 2023-11-27 |
| 19410. | Srinidhi (eren_eager) | 76.99 | 98.6% | 2023-06-26 |
| 19411. | Please use an appropriate n... | 76.99 | 97% | 2022-03-04 |
| 19412. | Milan (nalim) | 76.99 | 98% | 2024-12-06 |
| 19413. | Guest (train9013c) | 76.99 | 97% | 2022-05-11 |
| 19414. | Benedek (antokben) | 76.99 | 98% | 2024-07-23 |
| 19415. | Jay (jjsplaness) | 76.99 | 95% | 2013-10-28 |
| 19416. | Cao (caotri199x) | 76.99 | 96% | 2014-08-26 |
| 19417. | Nacticr (nacticr) | 76.98 | 95.3% | 2025-01-15 |
| 19418. | Anders (spip71) | 76.98 | 98% | 2024-05-27 |
| 19419. | Woogy (woogy187) | 76.98 | 96% | 2021-07-11 |
| 19420. | Andrew (typegad) | 76.98 | 98.3% | 2023-11-25 |
| 19421. | Balmorax (balmorax) | 76.98 | 97% | 2024-05-25 |
| 19422. | Jwickblack (hellwood) | 76.98 | 97% | 2021-10-03 |
| 19423. | suram (suram) | 76.98 | 95% | 2013-09-24 |
| 19424. | Jason (minties) | 76.98 | 95% | 2013-04-15 |
| 19425. | Jordan (feelingsreal) | 76.98 | 94% | 2019-03-04 |
| 19426. | D (rejden) | 76.98 | 97% | 2023-01-12 |
| 19427. | Shreyas (mrtigar) | 76.98 | 95% | 2016-06-27 |
| 19428. | Charlie (metalmesiah13) | 76.98 | 95% | 2014-04-25 |
| 19429. | Phi (phishi) | 76.97 | 97% | 2024-12-03 |
| 19430. | Vaividhya (vaividhya) | 76.97 | 98.1% | 2024-11-18 |
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