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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| 20996. | Carter (carter44502) | 75.15 | 95% | 2021-03-08 |
| 20997. | SlowAsHeck (slowasheck) | 75.15 | 97% | 2025-05-14 |
| 20998. | Diana (sharky15) | 75.15 | 98% | 2016-06-23 |
| 20999. | Moyra (moyra) | 75.15 | 95% | 2014-09-11 |
| 21000. | giorgosropt (roptgiorgo) | 75.14 | 97% | 2025-06-06 |
| 21001. | i_am_learning_touch_typing ... | 75.14 | 96% | 2024-09-11 |
| 21002. | Ben (benleahy91) | 75.14 | 98.1% | 2024-01-30 |
| 21003. | Max (metal_slugger) | 75.14 | 98% | 2024-03-27 |
| 21004. | XinHua (xinhua) | 75.14 | 95% | 2013-09-02 |
| 21005. | Kajtebolikitica (patrik131) | 75.14 | 95.7% | 2024-05-15 |
| 21006. | Ante (antisa_fsb) | 75.14 | 97.5% | 2024-01-03 |
| 21007. | Crimson (crimsonastr) | 75.14 | 97% | 2018-04-25 |
| 21008. | Qizot (qizot) | 75.14 | 97% | 2019-12-10 |
| 21009. | Kevin (theguyk) | 75.14 | 97% | 2016-10-04 |
| 21010. | ac (dvorak_learner) | 75.14 | 99% | 2013-09-19 |
| 21011. | Ben (benjiboyyy) | 75.14 | 95% | 2017-06-10 |
| 21012. | CJ Tags (tag_tria04) | 75.13 | 96% | 2024-05-28 |
| 21013. | Lana (poopfrog) | 75.13 | 98.6% | 2024-12-06 |
| 21014. | even (evenvml) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-10-02 |
| 21015. | John (dalidaris) | 75.13 | 96% | 2023-01-18 |
| 21016. | Cooper (cooperarons) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-09-19 |
| 21017. | TinCanDan (tincandan) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-09-06 |
| 21018. | Gary (garyh99) | 75.13 | 97% | 2022-08-27 |
| 21019. | Fox (jads007) | 75.13 | 96% | 2022-11-28 |
| 21020. | muffin (me3rhymes) | 75.13 | 95% | 2025-01-16 |
| 21021. | Ben (bk100) | 75.13 | 95% | 2021-12-18 |
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| 21023. | jonathan (jgreco2818) | 75.13 | 98% | 2016-09-13 |
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| 21025. | yousef (iiyousef_yt) | 75.12 | 95.2% | 2024-09-16 |
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