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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| 43249. | james (jbeatty) | 52.33 | 96% | 2019-08-15 |
| 43250. | roei (roei231) | 52.32 | 97% | 2024-11-07 |
| 43251. | (adam1499) | 52.32 | 95% | 2024-03-03 |
| 43252. | (weguza) | 52.32 | 97.2% | 2024-07-24 |
| 43253. | (samr123) | 52.31 | 95% | 2023-06-26 |
| 43254. | (mistzulla_) | 52.31 | 96% | 2024-10-02 |
| 43255. | (r0nce) | 52.31 | 95.1% | 2024-01-09 |
| 43256. | (shayeep) | 52.31 | 94% | 2024-08-30 |
| 43257. | (pgh3961) | 52.31 | 95.8% | 2024-08-15 |
| 43258. | (manito) | 52.31 | 88% | 2011-12-07 |
| 43259. | (vuvule) | 52.31 | 86% | 2013-05-28 |
| 43260. | (vish0172) | 52.30 | 94% | 2025-03-24 |
| 43261. | (4mbr0s) | 52.30 | 94% | 2025-08-05 |
| 43262. | (coffeekohi) | 52.30 | 97% | 2022-03-29 |
| 43263. | (dearme) | 52.30 | 95% | 2025-10-31 |
| 43264. | (benmandude) | 52.30 | — | 2010-12-04 |
| 43265. | (david_chen) | 52.29 | 96% | 2025-04-23 |
| 43266. | (seegalprometey) | 52.29 | 99% | 2024-12-19 |
| 43267. | (younes33) | 52.29 | 95.9% | 2024-10-18 |
| 43268. | (ttffer_123) | 52.29 | 95.7% | 2024-04-18 |
| 43269. | (boooooob) | 52.29 | 92.1% | 2024-03-28 |
| 43270. | (poyser) | 52.29 | 94% | 2021-02-26 |
| 43271. | (forlorn_guy) | 52.28 | 93% | 2025-09-10 |
| 43272. | (nis_hu09_) | 52.28 | 96% | 2024-03-12 |
| 43273. | (venom_kn) | 52.28 | 95% | 2024-10-28 |
| 43274. | (blunder1) | 52.28 | 97% | 2024-06-26 |
| 43275. | (sapsom) | 52.28 | 95% | 2024-05-16 |
| 43276. | (growl222) | 52.28 | 95% | 2024-01-12 |
| 43277. | vexxum (vexxum) | 52.28 | 96.1% | 2023-12-17 |
| 43278. | (timmy13) | 52.28 | 97% | 2024-10-07 |
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