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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| 24285. | codifilo (codifilo) | 73.28 | 97% | 2024-12-29 |
| 24286. | Phillip (phillywilly93) | 73.28 | 96.5% | 2023-11-27 |
| 24287. | Tedd (themaguffin) | 73.28 | 94% | 2013-02-25 |
| 24288. | stormgate (stormgate) | 73.28 | 94% | 2012-10-13 |
| 24289. | April (aprillindee) | 73.28 | 96% | 2012-01-18 |
| 24290. | J (typeracereeu9d) | 73.27 | 97% | 2024-08-02 |
| 24291. | PotatoSalad (eyacx) | 73.27 | 95% | 2025-08-30 |
| 24292. | Zehnno (zehnno) | 73.27 | 95.3% | 2024-09-18 |
| 24293. | Nate (nsilverman9) | 73.27 | 99% | 2021-05-04 |
| 24294. | truck (desperatelywaiting) | 73.27 | 98% | 2024-02-29 |
| 24295. | Patrick (deathtoclickies) | 73.27 | 95% | 2022-12-29 |
| 24296. | Twisty (twisty69) | 73.27 | 96.4% | 2023-12-12 |
| 24297. | kim (kim369) | 73.27 | 96% | 2023-03-28 |
| 24298. | a (shibss) | 73.27 | 97% | 2021-07-27 |
| 24299. | Jack (yezen) | 73.27 | 97% | 2018-04-23 |
| 24300. | Andy (andyaldoo) | 73.27 | 91% | 2015-03-18 |
| 24301. | Omer (omer_m2003) | 73.26 | 95% | 2025-09-14 |
| 24302. | YoungJun (anyonehaha) | 73.26 | 96% | 2024-01-14 |
| 24303. | Erick (ep1ore) | 73.26 | 95.9% | 2024-09-01 |
| 24304. | Pete (peetey42) | 73.26 | 94% | 2013-01-17 |
| 24305. | Maksim (morysoff) | 73.26 | 96% | 2021-10-21 |
| 24306. | vx (vaxykz) | 73.26 | 94% | 2021-03-13 |
| 24307. | kodzy (kodzy) | 73.26 | 93% | 2021-01-14 |
| 24308. | Jon (yaz324) | 73.26 | 97% | 2018-02-27 |
| 24309. | Matt (mattz0r98) | 73.25 | 90% | 2015-10-28 |
| 24310. | Heryanto Lee (heryantoleeio) | 73.25 | 97.9% | 2025-03-17 |
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