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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| 43756. | nick (nic_von) | 43.73 | 94% | 2022-10-23 |
| 43757. | Martin (martin00) | 43.72 | 95% | 2024-02-29 |
| 43758. | Rezu (rezu) | 43.71 | 95% | 2025-04-17 |
| 43759. | Varun (varun1567) | 43.71 | 96% | 2025-03-07 |
| 43760. | Osama Saeed (ossama123) | 43.71 | 96% | 2024-04-01 |
| 43761. | Julio C. Merida Jr. (spican... | 43.70 | 96.1% | 2025-01-19 |
| 43762. | Shyanne (sbrown25) | 43.69 | 93% | 2024-04-16 |
| 43763. | Ziwi (ziwidiwi) | 43.69 | 95.3% | 2023-11-15 |
| 43764. | Morgan (burnsmor) | 43.69 | — | 2010-06-24 |
| 43765. | Lauren (lauren_anne) | 43.68 | 97% | 2024-08-13 |
| 43766. | sniffles (sniffles500) | 43.68 | 95% | 2024-10-11 |
| 43767. | A_Henry (a_henry) | 43.67 | 97% | 2025-01-24 |
| 43768. | Jeƒƒ (juggydog) | 43.67 | 89% | 2011-10-28 |
| 43769. | Koen (koen_lmao) | 43.66 | 95% | 2025-05-03 |
| 43770. | TØM (kircket) | 43.66 | 88% | 2013-07-08 |
| 43771. | Senussi (super_ahmed91) | 43.65 | 93% | 2025-01-23 |
| 43772. | Mahmud (mhossain) | 43.64 | — | 2010-12-13 |
| 43773. | latif (sibastiane) | 43.64 | 96% | 2014-03-19 |
| 43774. | Mark (corrago) | 43.63 | 93% | 2016-01-18 |
| 43775. | Rikazu (rikazu_) | 43.63 | 95% | 2024-06-18 |
| 43776. | Sanh (sanhnguyennt) | 43.62 | 95% | 2017-06-24 |
| 43777. | chris (n0ise) | 43.62 | 94% | 2020-09-27 |
| 43778. | GianKewl (jynzz) | 43.60 | 96% | 2025-02-09 |
| 43779. | Farah Ahmed (fahmed1) | 43.60 | 94% | 2024-11-15 |
| 43780. | Cole (personality5124) | 43.60 | 96% | 2023-11-16 |
| 43781. | Reny Hidam (reny_hidam) | 43.59 | 95% | 2024-01-04 |
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| 43783. | vermauttam (vermauttam) | 43.58 | 91.5% | 2024-09-10 |
| 43784. | Kysika (kysika) | 43.58 | 96% | 2024-05-01 |
| 43785. | Tina (tw888) | 43.58 | 96% | 2024-01-08 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |