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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| 34151. | Not57 (not57) | 61.39 | 97% | 2024-05-14 |
| 34152. | TheCandyMan (creepycatpasta) | 61.39 | 96.7% | 2024-12-01 |
| 34153. | Mickle (whomper) | 61.39 | 98% | 2024-03-06 |
| 34154. | Dan Olivera (dannn1e) | 61.39 | 95% | 2024-06-17 |
| 34155. | Kake (emokid69) | 61.39 | 97% | 2017-11-21 |
| 34156. | Tyler (inamorta) | 61.39 | 95% | 2012-04-11 |
| 34157. | Helloween (tranduclocbkmail1) | 61.38 | 97% | 2024-02-02 |
| 34158. | Christos (__christos__) | 61.38 | 98% | 2021-03-09 |
| 34159. | Doug (napster1) | 61.38 | 97% | 2013-01-19 |
| 34160. | Karen (karenf) | 61.38 | 92% | 2016-04-30 |
| 34161. | Gormack (gormack) | 61.38 | 91% | 2015-04-15 |
| 34162. | Tyler (vietdong) | 61.37 | 97% | 2025-04-27 |
| 34163. | Krystian Nadeau (krox_) | 61.37 | 96% | 2024-07-30 |
| 34164. | Cole (pierre_menard) | 61.37 | 98% | 2022-04-09 |
| 34165. | Robert (pollo_grande) | 61.37 | 94% | 2012-10-01 |
| 34166. | Ji (jeeble) | 61.37 | 90% | 2011-07-02 |
| 34167. | Imtiaz (sheikhimtiaz) | 61.36 | 96% | 2025-07-02 |
| 34168. | Sudipta (mr_mandal) | 61.36 | 97% | 2024-02-08 |
| 34169. | Dewi (dibdabdebby) | 61.36 | 96.4% | 2023-11-23 |
| 34170. | me (theloafingbean) | 61.36 | 96.2% | 2023-11-23 |
| 34171. | Wang (brotherzhi) | 61.36 | 97% | 2018-09-14 |
| 34172. | Ankit (anky_96) | 61.36 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
| 34173. | Shyam (shyamb07) | 61.36 | 94% | 2016-07-21 |
| 34174. | danakittyy (danakittyy) | 61.36 | 89% | 2011-06-07 |
| 34175. | Gabby (arawgabby) | 61.35 | 95% | 2024-09-03 |
| 34176. | LangsomKarsten (langsomkars... | 61.35 | 96.8% | 2024-12-23 |
| 34177. | Matt (matthew0903) | 61.35 | 95.8% | 2024-12-12 |
| 34178. | Shiiino (senshino) | 61.35 | 97.9% | 2024-10-01 |
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