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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| 30131. | Anh (mrmoon) | 65.45 | 98% | 2012-01-17 |
| 30132. | nomomojo (nomomojo) | 65.44 | 96% | 2025-04-07 |
| 30133. | Tom Bakker (bakkertom) | 65.44 | 97% | 2025-01-03 |
| 30134. | tjbc (tjbc31) | 65.44 | 99% | 2024-12-31 |
| 30135. | Theerapat (beill007) | 65.44 | 97% | 2025-02-21 |
| 30136. | Michael (packerfan9912) | 65.44 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
| 30137. | Potato (khester) | 65.44 | 87% | 2014-07-26 |
| 30138. | IKE (ikepaul) | 65.44 | 94% | 2025-07-12 |
| 30139. | Eki (tootin) | 65.44 | 95% | 2016-04-14 |
| 30140. | Jon (firesforsale) | 65.43 | 96.4% | 2024-12-09 |
| 30141. | avkash (avkash) | 65.43 | 98.3% | 2024-08-17 |
| 30142. | Sidi mohamed (need_for_speed) | 65.43 | 94% | 2014-11-18 |
| 30143. | Jon (driv4r) | 65.43 | 91% | 2012-12-21 |
| 30144. | Feti (eltion) | 65.43 | 95% | 2012-02-09 |
| 30145. | alex (calvinball) | 65.43 | 84% | 2013-08-28 |
| 30146. | Beatles (beatles1976) | 65.43 | 99% | 2021-01-19 |
| 30147. | Pulkit bansal (pulkit_03) | 65.42 | 97% | 2024-05-31 |
| 30148. | Norf (black_norfolk) | 65.42 | 98.6% | 2024-01-04 |
| 30149. | Jim (shampoobottle14) | 65.42 | 96% | 2024-07-19 |
| 30150. | Zockie (zockie) | 65.42 | 99% | 2019-02-05 |
| 30151. | Phillip (kinkking123) | 65.42 | 95% | 2021-06-05 |
| 30152. | Shawn (vglunatic) | 65.42 | 93% | 2014-12-20 |
| 30153. | Dixie (dixie_rekt) | 65.41 | 94% | 2023-02-28 |
| 30154. | Shanli (shanlialefkhani) | 65.41 | 98% | 2025-06-05 |
| 30155. | ghost (theghostbehindyou) | 65.41 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
| 30156. | nadeem (nadeemgujjar) | 65.41 | 99% | 2020-04-09 |
| 30157. | Ay (aaffs) | 65.41 | 92% | 2016-02-10 |
| 30158. | Ashraful (noid621376) | 65.41 | 95% | 2017-04-24 |
| 30159. | Krzysiek (ksm123) | 65.41 | 98% | 2012-09-10 |
| 30160. | Tomas (newtevans) | 65.40 | 98.3% | 2024-01-24 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |