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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| 8997. | (smeej) | 93.32 | 96.4% | 2024-02-07 |
| 8998. | Eddie (agzastrgath) | 93.32 | 98% | 2022-08-11 |
| 8999. | (noraetomer) | 93.32 | 94% | 2014-11-11 |
| 9000. | (darksilhouette) | 93.32 | 97% | 2024-01-03 |
| 9001. | josh (qicksilver) | 93.32 | 97% | 2021-05-07 |
| 9002. | (diabolosjb) | 93.32 | 98.2% | 2024-03-10 |
| 9003. | Sami (sami49) | 93.32 | 99% | 2014-08-18 |
| 9004. | (vux001) | 93.31 | 96% | 2025-03-04 |
| 9005. | youtube.com/pgblanks (super... | 93.31 | 91% | 2012-02-19 |
| 9006. | (serxhopetlla) | 93.31 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
| 9007. | (expediant) | 93.31 | 98% | 2023-12-09 |
| 9008. | (lkfranklin) | 93.31 | 98% | 2014-05-10 |
| 9009. | (typing_god11111) | 93.31 | 98% | 2022-09-12 |
| 9010. | (dvorjack) | 93.31 | 96.9% | 2024-03-08 |
| 9011. | (clcornick) | 93.31 | 96% | 2012-03-06 |
| 9012. | (aikchun616) | 93.31 | 95% | 2014-04-26 |
| 9013. | Dunkmasta (dunkmasta) | 93.30 | 96.8% | 2023-12-07 |
| 9014. | Beaster (deeznutshagotch) | 93.30 | 96% | 2024-11-18 |
| 9015. | (dayu341) | 93.30 | 95% | 2014-04-26 |
| 9016. | (anguelo) | 93.30 | 98% | 2023-04-23 |
| 9017. | (muddchaofan) | 93.30 | 91% | 2016-12-16 |
| 9018. | (modelfxt) | 93.30 | 99% | 2016-03-14 |
| 9019. | (kuppoh) | 93.29 | 98% | 2024-10-23 |
| 9020. | Elite (elite_13) | 93.29 | 98% | 2026-03-03 |
| 9021. | (haspe) | 93.29 | 96% | 2021-02-23 |
| 9022. | (queuequeueqq) | 93.29 | 97.1% | 2024-06-23 |
| 9023. | (soyacan) | 93.28 | 97.4% | 2024-11-28 |
| 9024. | Gecko (sleeping_gecko) | 93.28 | 96% | 2015-05-26 |
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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 |