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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| 11470. | Farras (rampagefulspirit) | 89.25 | 98.4% | 2024-10-15 |
| 11471. | martz (martz71899) | 89.25 | 91% | 2015-09-10 |
| 11472. | 大頭妹 (cowboy2) | 89.25 | — | 2010-11-12 |
| 11473. | Zephyr (zeeephyr) | 89.24 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
| 11474. | Craig (engscholar23) | 89.24 | 98% | 2020-04-08 |
| 11475. | Isaiah (isaiah71305) | 89.24 | 97% | 2022-10-14 |
| 11476. | rofllex (rofllex) | 89.23 | 97.1% | 2024-06-01 |
| 11477. | B (0x135) | 89.23 | 95% | 2016-08-16 |
| 11478. | Dot (dotthebad) | 89.23 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
| 11479. | Andre (ander_) | 89.23 | 95% | 2020-08-10 |
| 11480. | M (mozzb0zz) | 89.23 | 98.1% | 2023-11-25 |
| 11481. | Ben (_b3n_) | 89.23 | 92% | 2016-06-07 |
| 11482. | Ghassan (lightbeam) | 89.23 | 98% | 2013-08-19 |
| 11483. | さなろーま？ (xusanaxu) | 89.23 | 98% | 2011-12-06 |
| 11484. | H (hsanrb) | 89.22 | 94% | 2012-10-28 |
| 11485. | Nicole (nicolez) | 89.22 | 97% | 2011-07-27 |
| 11486. | Elmouradi (elmouradiamine) | 89.21 | 96% | 2021-08-23 |
| 11487. | Frank (franko) | 89.21 | — | 2010-12-17 |
| 11488. | glerou (tudesci) | 89.21 | 99% | 2021-01-25 |
| 11489. | zach (tabako) | 89.21 | 98% | 2011-05-13 |
| 11490. | GODSPEED (flashahyea) | 89.20 | 96.1% | 2025-04-25 |
| 11491. | Jazz (jazzfunk37) | 89.20 | 98% | 2022-12-28 |
| 11492. | Jordyn (jstick384) | 89.20 | 97% | 2020-11-23 |
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