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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| 18575. | Neutron (venware) | 79.45 | 97.9% | 2024-12-23 |
| 18576. | Hugh (topkek420) | 79.45 | 97% | 2025-01-07 |
| 18577. | poemich (jerkyice) | 79.45 | 97% | 2023-12-30 |
| 18578. | ejaz (ejazleh) | 79.45 | 98.5% | 2024-09-12 |
| 18579. | Rendy (armology) | 79.45 | 96% | 2022-11-17 |
| 18580. | projectfupagain (projectfup... | 79.45 | 97% | 2021-03-15 |
| 18581. | Thang (thangvu7) | 79.45 | 98% | 2018-06-29 |
| 18582. | Nicole (n_h999) | 79.45 | 87% | 2016-12-24 |
| 18583. | Daniel (mercedesbenzodiazep... | 79.44 | 95% | 2025-05-28 |
| 18584. | FrostyInfinitum (frostyinfi... | 79.44 | 95.8% | 2024-10-07 |
| 18585. | Tommy (king_mystik_) | 79.44 | 96% | 2018-08-21 |
| 18586. | ICON (_icon_) | 79.44 | 97% | 2022-11-22 |
| 18587. | Steven (sjones92) | 79.44 | 96% | 2022-04-01 |
| 18588. | coc (han_duo) | 79.44 | 97% | 2021-07-14 |
| 18589. | Marrkle (marrkle) | 79.44 | 93% | 2012-01-13 |
| 18590. | Michael (khel_diente) | 79.44 | 96% | 2017-06-20 |
| 18591. | Ashley (ashtastic) | 79.43 | 96% | 2024-02-26 |
| 18592. | sani (sanjiro0831) | 79.43 | 98.1% | 2024-01-07 |
| 18593. | Rodrigo (roddro12) | 79.43 | 96% | 2022-12-06 |
| 18594. | cam (cam517) | 79.43 | 97% | 2024-03-19 |
| 18595. | Koshi (koshi9) | 79.43 | 97% | 2024-08-28 |
| 18596. | Tukang (tukang_bom) | 79.43 | 97% | 2025-09-18 |
| 18597. | Ted (murdercow) | 79.43 | 95.7% | 2023-11-27 |
| 18598. | hunt and peck (atypicalguy) | 79.43 | 97% | 2016-11-16 |
| 18599. | Kevin (thealphamale) | 79.43 | 96% | 2017-12-05 |
| 18600. | profrog (profrog) | 79.43 | 95% | 2016-01-28 |
| 18601. | Kienan (squigglebob) | 79.42 | 99% | 2025-03-18 |
| 18602. | Irene (jylee) | 79.42 | 97.3% | 2023-10-01 |
| 18603. | Matthew (matwat7) | 79.42 | 92% | 2015-07-27 |
| 18604. | Thai :) (elecweb) | 79.42 | 98.3% | 2024-05-03 |
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