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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| 42590. | Yash (one9805) | 47.80 | 97% | 2021-05-03 |
| 42591. | shivam (tambourinetower) | 47.79 | 95% | 2020-08-10 |
| 42592. | Rahul (gtg.bansal@gmail.com) | 47.79 | 90% | 2013-09-25 |
| 42593. | Alexey (achabunin) | 47.79 | 92% | 2011-06-03 |
| 42594. | BigTruckerHoneyBadgerAK47Ea... | 47.78 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
| 42595. | uniquestar (uniquestar121) | 47.78 | 96.8% | 2024-09-13 |
| 42596. | Kenneth (jksinay) | 47.77 | 95% | 2024-07-18 |
| 42597. | ara ara (sage_of_six_trees) | 47.77 | 93% | 2020-07-21 |
| 42598. | Faiq Ayubi (froxt) | 47.77 | 94% | 2020-12-12 |
| 42599. | Belajar (maranu) | 47.77 | 93% | 2011-11-18 |
| 42600. | MIKEY2CRAZY (iamhungrymichael) | 47.76 | 89% | 2016-06-17 |
| 42601. | ahmad (ahmadmizr) | 47.76 | 93% | 2022-10-21 |
| 42602. | akrtype (akrtype) | 47.76 | 93.2% | 2025-01-03 |
| 42603. | ShouHei (fenrir0199) | 47.76 | 94% | 2024-07-27 |
| 42604. | Nenad (mrnele123) | 47.76 | 93% | 2021-01-22 |
| 42605. | Mark (markdane22) | 47.76 | 91% | 2011-09-13 |
| 42606. | JJ (jajo_00) | 47.75 | 95% | 2022-12-01 |
| 42607. | keko (keko314) | 47.75 | 94% | 2023-05-17 |
| 42608. | Reusable Cloud 9 (ps014) | 47.75 | 87% | 2014-04-16 |
| 42609. | 💗 Spike💗 (vignesh12) | 47.75 | 96% | 2017-06-13 |
| 42610. | Anurag (anurag_elitx) | 47.74 | 94% | 2025-01-05 |
| 42611. | luisKisters (luiskisters) | 47.74 | 93% | 2023-12-25 |
| 42612. | GAy (gaylord_of_lords) | 47.73 | 96% | 2024-05-06 |
| 42613. | Rixz (j_rixz) | 47.73 | 94.4% | 2024-08-11 |
| 42614. | strgn (strgn) | 47.73 | 96% | 2022-03-09 |
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| 42616. | dilip (meod) | 47.72 | 93% | 2014-11-13 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |