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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| 11400. | (veyzh) | 88.92 | 98% | 2022-04-20 |
| 11401. | Sean (rrshift) | 88.92 | 97% | 2025-11-17 |
| 11402. | (illblowurmind) | 88.92 | 95% | 2021-07-22 |
| 11403. | Sigurd Roos (siggyroos) | 88.92 | 98.1% | 2024-03-01 |
| 11404. | (autorunner) | 88.92 | 96% | 2014-06-17 |
| 11405. | (planet55) | 88.91 | 96% | 2024-12-31 |
| 11406. | (pot4topie) | 88.91 | 97% | 2024-01-31 |
| 11407. | (joubini) | 88.91 | 95% | 2011-05-10 |
| 11408. | (binaypau) | 88.91 | 99.3% | 2024-03-19 |
| 11409. | (kookowackyduck) | 88.91 | 96.5% | 2024-12-02 |
| 11410. | (wystern) | 88.91 | 94% | 2012-03-06 |
| 11411. | (jharwell626) | 88.91 | 93% | 2016-04-21 |
| 11412. | s. (capslooock) | 88.91 | 98% | 2019-02-17 |
| 11413. | (pronto1) | 88.90 | 96.9% | 2024-04-12 |
| 11414. | (smweb) | 88.90 | 98% | 2013-10-31 |
| 11415. | (staggalee41) | 88.90 | 94% | 2012-12-04 |
| 11416. | Aj (nitchrickson) | 88.89 | 99% | 2025-05-02 |
| 11417. | (nike_ez) | 88.89 | 98% | 2024-01-22 |
| 11418. | (bennythejet919) | 88.89 | 97.9% | 2025-02-08 |
| 11419. | (arandomgiggle) | 88.89 | 94% | 2014-05-17 |
| 11420. | (christian) | 88.89 | — | 2011-01-09 |
| 11421. | Bill (jhstory) | 88.89 | 94% | 2015-06-02 |
| 11422. | (andrewdvorak) | 88.88 | 96% | 2021-09-18 |
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| 11424. | (brgrkng) | 88.88 | 98% | 2022-05-20 |
| 11425. | (roderas) | 88.88 | 97% | 2021-09-04 |
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