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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| 27485. | Yun Fei (felixshih) | 69.17 | 98% | 2015-03-13 |
| 27486. | Ray (rayraivern) | 69.16 | 96% | 2022-08-24 |
| 27487. | TrentonO (trenton_o) | 69.16 | 97.3% | 2024-10-26 |
| 27488. | Zacpower9965 (zacpower9965) | 69.16 | 94% | 2019-05-03 |
| 27489. | Oskar (oskarosw3) | 69.16 | 95% | 2024-01-21 |
| 27490. | Patrick (pandanova) | 69.16 | 95.3% | 2024-01-25 |
| 27491. | Lamb (feed_o_lamb) | 69.16 | 97% | 2023-12-14 |
| 27492. | Rohit (kharkongor) | 69.16 | 96% | 2025-07-11 |
| 27493. | Mhret (mhret) | 69.16 | 97% | 2015-01-02 |
| 27494. | Kevin Durant (onthereal) | 69.15 | 97% | 2024-10-18 |
| 27495. | Andrew (dabeast2302) | 69.15 | 97% | 2024-10-16 |
| 27496. | haqdogooo (haqdogooo) | 69.15 | 95.7% | 2024-10-07 |
| 27497. | 6fingers (6_fingered_ape) | 69.15 | 96% | 2024-03-04 |
| 27498. | Maximiliano (maximus22) | 69.15 | 90% | 2013-12-10 |
| 27499. | Tim (timcoe1) | 69.15 | 95% | 2016-01-07 |
| 27500. | mental (mental) | 69.15 | 94% | 2014-09-17 |
| 27501. | spicyitaliansubway (spicyit... | 69.14 | 98% | 2025-06-03 |
| 27502. | Nolan (swaggeronies_typer556) | 69.14 | 96% | 2024-08-01 |
| 27503. | Daniel (rustupai) | 69.14 | 93% | 2012-10-09 |
| 27504. | Kerchaw! (bautispidey) | 69.14 | 96% | 2024-05-31 |
| 27505. | KyloRennAweh7 (kkorv22) | 69.14 | 94.9% | 2024-01-21 |
| 27506. | tony (tonyohaha) | 69.14 | 98% | 2022-02-20 |
| 27507. | Miles (wafflegamer99) | 69.14 | 96.5% | 2023-12-15 |
| 27508. | Tyler (imtheimposter_456) | 69.14 | 95% | 2021-03-09 |
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| 27510. | Wasil (wasil3081) | 69.14 | 92% | 2016-12-07 |
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