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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| 30377. | jTactics (jtactics) | 65.18 | 97% | 2013-10-17 |
| 30378. | Noah (noah187) | 65.18 | 98% | 2020-11-22 |
| 30379. | hieu (hieult) | 65.18 | 97% | 2013-04-15 |
| 30380. | speedypete (fastfingers11) | 65.17 | 95% | 2024-07-24 |
| 30381. | kakarot (khambat56) | 65.17 | 97% | 2023-11-27 |
| 30382. | Sim (simron_) | 65.17 | 95% | 2022-04-02 |
| 30383. | Chris (amorae) | 65.17 | 84% | 2012-09-30 |
| 30384. | Gringo (igringo) | 65.17 | 96% | 2019-07-30 |
| 30385. | ej (ejmorii) | 65.16 | 96% | 2025-04-21 |
| 30386. | Pokey (pikachu3182) | 65.16 | 97% | 2022-12-14 |
| 30387. | binnycoco26 (dustinw) | 65.16 | 97.3% | 2025-04-27 |
| 30388. | Carlos (carlos_1995) | 65.16 | 98.1% | 2021-02-20 |
| 30389. | Kieran (kibthegreat) | 65.16 | 95% | 2018-01-15 |
| 30390. | Paul (peazy) | 65.16 | 89% | 2013-05-16 |
| 30391. | manoj (mshrestha20) | 65.16 | 92% | 2012-07-22 |
| 30392. | Mattias (matteusmauritz) | 65.16 | — | 2011-04-25 |
| 30393. | Lisanne (__lisanne__) | 65.15 | 98.8% | 2025-04-30 |
| 30394. | Tushar (tushar_1_kakamare) | 65.15 | 95% | 2024-06-21 |
| 30395. | Alex (evil_alex) | 65.15 | 96% | 2024-11-13 |
| 30396. | anna (honganhh2109) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
| 30397. | jossyEritrawi (jossyeritrawi) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-07-29 |
| 30398. | sway (sway22) | 65.15 | 97% | 2024-07-17 |
| 30399. | Vincent (turbovince) | 65.15 | 97.5% | 2025-02-17 |
| 30400. | Tomislav (smrcak) | 65.15 | — | 2010-08-03 |
| 30401. | Dwight (dvorak_dwight) | 65.15 | 96% | 2011-11-30 |
| 30402. | S (sh19) | 65.14 | 96.6% | 2024-01-15 |
| 30403. | Kuuuni (monryjihbb) | 65.14 | 97.1% | 2024-09-18 |
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