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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| 43358. | dropeee (dropeeex11) | 45.33 | 91% | 2024-08-04 |
| 43359. | Eveline (kanazawa) | 45.33 | 98% | 2024-08-12 |
| 43360. | Fahim (fahimbd) | 45.32 | 94% | 2025-03-17 |
| 43361. | Killuminati (ahmedali25jan) | 45.32 | 92% | 2013-01-03 |
| 43362. | physicst (skr90) | 45.32 | 95% | 2015-07-28 |
| 43363. | benjamin (dyingthief12) | 45.32 | 87% | 2011-06-24 |
| 43364. | Kanagaraj M (kjracer) | 45.30 | 96% | 2024-10-05 |
| 43365. | oscar (oscartete) | 45.30 | 93.7% | 2024-03-05 |
| 43366. | akiyuama (akiuama) | 45.30 | 97% | 2019-09-08 |
| 43367. | Peter (petrusmagna) | 45.29 | 95% | 2024-10-24 |
| 43368. | Abdo (abdo_1) | 45.29 | 94.4% | 2024-05-13 |
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| 43370. | Tenacious (tenacious_team) | 45.28 | 95% | 2025-03-15 |
| 43371. | Ozan (ladrenazo) | 45.27 | 96.1% | 2024-10-15 |
| 43372. | BABAboi (sahiljangir) | 45.27 | 95% | 2022-02-27 |
| 43373. | Mehmet (kapitan_aus_irak) | 45.27 | 93% | 2022-02-19 |
| 43374. | Tarkyn (nrgtaco) | 45.26 | 97% | 2021-07-08 |
| 43375. | Tony (zonfen) | 45.25 | 87% | 2013-01-30 |
| 43376. | Billy (jigonk) | 45.25 | 88% | 2011-09-28 |
| 43377. | gowenk (gowenk) | 45.25 | 94% | 2015-07-29 |
| 43378. | Rodrigo (rodri71) | 45.24 | 93.5% | 2024-05-15 |
| 43379. | Daddy (badassabd) | 45.24 | 96% | 2021-12-01 |
| 43380. | Venkatesh (venkyrajan) | 45.23 | 96% | 2024-08-09 |
| 43381. | Shiro (shiroshi) | 45.23 | 89% | 2013-11-24 |
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| 43383. | Ephra (ephra) | 45.20 | 97% | 2025-03-27 |
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