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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| 22868. | Colin (zedster159) | 74.87 | 97% | 2022-01-29 |
| 22869. | Uri (laor55) | 74.87 | 93% | 2013-10-09 |
| 22870. | @dio.tiberius (jonez52) | 74.87 | — | 2011-02-17 |
| 22871. | Levy (speedylevy) | 74.87 | 98% | 2011-09-21 |
| 22872. | adent (adent) | 74.86 | 96.6% | 2025-05-26 |
| 22873. | uwuboi (avybavywavy) | 74.86 | 97% | 2025-07-03 |
| 22874. | pikellet (pikellet) | 74.86 | 96% | 2025-06-05 |
| 22875. | Kalash (asdforever) | 74.86 | 96% | 2026-03-09 |
| 22876. | Syed Anwaar (cyedanwaar) | 74.86 | 97.3% | 2025-04-20 |
| 22877. | draktor99 (draktor99) | 74.86 | 97.9% | 2023-12-21 |
| 22878. | Tom (tom1110) | 74.86 | 95% | 2026-01-21 |
| 22879. | Alex (liltypist44) | 74.86 | 96% | 2026-05-18 |
| 22880. | Chris (christophski) | 74.86 | 93% | 2013-03-09 |
| 22881. | pipez (pipez) | 74.86 | 92% | 2015-04-04 |
| 22882. | Rohan (roankar) | 74.86 | 97% | 2018-02-25 |
| 22883. | Badog (mississauga145) | 74.86 | 97% | 2017-01-27 |
| 22884. | stefani (st3f) | 74.85 | 98% | 2024-05-09 |
| 22885. | painfullyaverage (painfully... | 74.85 | 95.5% | 2025-05-11 |
| 22886. | Vivek Singh (vksingh28) | 74.85 | 97% | 2025-08-19 |
| 22887. | fish4president (fish4presid... | 74.85 | 97.1% | 2024-12-13 |
| 22888. | Norman Fulay (nful6160) | 74.85 | 98% | 2023-12-27 |
| 22889. | Shraybies (_shrraybies_) | 74.85 | 99% | 2023-11-21 |
| 22890. | Viv (vivexxx) | 74.85 | 96% | 2022-01-15 |
| 22891. | Edgar (egonzalez0787) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-23 |
| 22892. | Alex (evoamac) | 74.85 | 97% | 2011-08-13 |
| 22893. | maks (boredmaks) | 74.85 | 95% | 2014-10-24 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |