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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| 47121. | Suiiiiiiiiiiiiii (dhanushad... | 43.15 | 94.4% | 2024-03-26 |
| 47122. | sileshi (sile1000) | 43.14 | 94% | 2023-12-06 |
| 47123. | Yvonne (yperrett) | 43.14 | — | 2011-02-05 |
| 47124. | IISJ (smoothmofo) | 43.14 | 93% | 2015-07-12 |
| 47125. | Robert (robert987654321) | 43.13 | 99% | 2025-06-04 |
| 47126. | Nubenstein (nubenstein) | 43.13 | 95% | 2025-05-21 |
| 47127. | Jake (sirsilverhawk) | 43.13 | 94% | 2018-06-06 |
| 47128. | Sean (sean24taylor) | 43.13 | 94% | 2026-02-18 |
| 47129. | Alfie (alfie_op) | 43.12 | 93% | 2021-05-15 |
| 47130. | Ibrahim (ibbu2017) | 43.11 | 92.7% | 2024-06-26 |
| 47131. | Atilla (gamer_662) | 43.10 | 91.7% | 2025-01-10 |
| 47132. | mehdi (midi_1069) | 43.07 | 90% | 2013-11-07 |
| 47133. | Rade (rodrigues_123) | 43.06 | 94.3% | 2024-04-29 |
| 47134. | atul (jsrvh) | 43.06 | 89% | 2015-06-07 |
| 47135. | ravi (riz_ravi111) | 43.05 | 95% | 2026-01-11 |
| 47136. | ENOCHSHUAI (enochshuai) | 43.05 | 95% | 2025-02-20 |
| 47137. | spookleso (spookleso) | 43.04 | 94% | 2020-12-23 |
| 47138. | Moni (moni_) | 43.04 | 96% | 2025-01-31 |
| 47139. | NEGI (negi_21) | 43.04 | 94% | 2024-03-09 |
| 47140. | gyarmy (gyarmy) | 43.04 | 95% | 2022-07-08 |
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| 47143. | shimmy (shimmy00) | 43.01 | 96.2% | 2024-07-17 |
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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 |