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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| 13147. | meowiemeowmeow (meowiemeowm... | 86.12 | 97% | 2024-09-11 |
| 13148. | ToncaIlPunta (toncailpunta) | 86.12 | 96.5% | 2024-03-19 |
| 13149. | Brandon (cubist_boi) | 86.12 | 97% | 2023-12-13 |
| 13150. | Hernan (caantics) | 86.12 | 84% | 2016-12-28 |
| 13151. | mugiwara (mugiwara1337) | 86.12 | 96.9% | 2023-11-16 |
| 13152. | mulluch (mulluchian) | 86.12 | 97% | 2024-05-23 |
| 13153. | Chris (christrilling) | 86.12 | 96% | 2020-03-01 |
| 13154. | IonCube (ioncube) | 86.12 | 98.1% | 2024-08-22 |
| 13155. | Tri Le Minh (leminhtri) | 86.12 | 97% | 2011-07-18 |
| 13156. | Robe (robedigov) | 86.12 | 97% | 2012-05-17 |
| 13157. | Guest (jpbatman99) | 86.11 | 97% | 2024-04-08 |
| 13158. | nonaem (apansi) | 86.11 | 97% | 2021-08-23 |
| 13159. | รอด้วย (pond79) | 86.11 | 99% | 2016-06-10 |
| 13160. | Ink (slidxt) | 86.10 | 96% | 2023-03-25 |
| 13161. | Noelle (raeofss) | 86.10 | 95% | 2013-11-27 |
| 13162. | Garotto (uselessusername) | 86.10 | 97% | 2019-05-13 |
| 13163. | Fuje (sdafjsakle) | 86.09 | 96% | 2025-04-27 |
| 13164. | Eetu (woltti) | 86.09 | 97.5% | 2025-03-16 |
| 13165. | Rosie (rosepose90) | 86.09 | 96.2% | 2024-09-06 |
| 13166. | Thomas (aeay) | 86.09 | 95% | 2014-06-05 |
| 13167. | ibrahim (xibmx) | 86.09 | 97% | 2020-06-25 |
| 13168. | Pbev (pbev) | 86.09 | 93% | 2017-04-12 |
| 13169. | Peter (gompose) | 86.08 | 99% | 2021-04-03 |
| 13170. | Elia (ganmen) | 86.08 | 98% | 2020-05-17 |
| 13171. | Big (bautiz) | 86.08 | 98% | 2013-10-02 |
| 13172. | Vi (vipiggy) | 86.07 | 98% | 2025-08-05 |
| 13173. | Jimmy (ddxh) | 86.07 | 97.5% | 2025-02-12 |
| 13174. | Alex (akozdev) | 86.07 | 97.6% | 2024-05-12 |
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| 13176. | Matt (resolute) | 86.07 | 97% | 2022-06-05 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |