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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| 28282. | user (dvorakn) | 69.24 | 97% | 2025-11-05 |
| 28283. | Siwat (siwat2545) | 69.24 | 95% | 2026-05-07 |
| 28284. | Ali (aliabbasi) | 69.24 | 98% | 2024-05-12 |
| 28285. | szakal (szakal84) | 69.24 | 97% | 2025-08-06 |
| 28286. | Darth (darthvader6969) | 69.24 | 98% | 2023-12-09 |
| 28287. | sanayaa (sanayaa) | 69.24 | 95% | 2022-05-10 |
| 28288. | Lucas (_pokerecord_) | 69.24 | 95% | 2023-04-18 |
| 28289. | Kurt (kurtlee0129) | 69.24 | 96% | 2024-03-14 |
| 28290. | Mercury (kerukeion) | 69.23 | 96% | 2023-05-09 |
| 28291. | chris (llamas876) | 69.23 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
| 28292. | dieborussen (dieborussen) | 69.23 | 99% | 2025-05-07 |
| 28293. | VURIS (vuris) | 69.23 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
| 28294. | Saket (saketraj) | 69.23 | 97% | 2024-06-12 |
| 28295. | Shawn Paul (ample) | 69.23 | 97.7% | 2024-01-08 |
| 28296. | Jeffrey (randomhour) | 69.23 | 95% | 2014-12-22 |
| 28297. | Jamethy (jamethy) | 69.23 | — | 2011-03-17 |
| 28298. | mezo (themezo) | 69.22 | 96% | 2025-04-16 |
| 28299. | BlackSpade (blackspade934) | 69.22 | 98.1% | 2025-01-31 |
| 28300. | fisaty1024 (umang143) | 69.22 | 96.3% | 2024-09-11 |
| 28301. | Oliwer (financialojay) | 69.22 | 96% | 2025-01-18 |
| 28302. | Lloyd (llgraves) | 69.22 | 98% | 2022-06-24 |
| 28303. | Michael (aeonlight) | 69.22 | 90% | 2012-11-19 |
| 28304. | crazylegs (studmuffn) | 69.21 | 99% | 2025-03-13 |
| 28305. | tstats[imrola] (imrola) | 69.21 | 98% | 2025-09-24 |
| 28306. | nhubm (a_blover108) | 69.21 | 97.3% | 2025-05-28 |
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