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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| 10034. | Brandon Davis (bmdavis) | 91.52 | 97% | 2023-08-23 |
| 10035. | Vincent (vincentjm) | 91.52 | 98.8% | 2024-03-21 |
| 10036. | Moye (moyoka) | 91.52 | 97% | 2021-01-25 |
| 10037. | lvs (psychosomatic) | 91.52 | 98% | 2020-11-13 |
| 10038. | Mateusz (kalorymetr) | 91.52 | 97% | 2012-07-30 |
| 10039. | JT (xstacy) | 91.52 | 95% | 2012-09-30 |
| 10040. | Markaras Voliotaras (markvo... | 91.51 | 97% | 2026-02-22 |
| 10041. | imtoolow (imtoolow) | 91.51 | 100% | 2025-01-27 |
| 10042. | chom (chomchomchomchomchom) | 91.51 | 98% | 2021-10-25 |
| 10043. | Sid (cynocid) | 91.51 | 97% | 2022-03-16 |
| 10044. | Warren (warrenwangtennis) | 91.51 | 97% | 2017-07-28 |
| 10045. | Howard (howardpx2016) | 91.50 | 98% | 2014-11-19 |
| 10046. | David (xifu) | 91.50 | 97% | 2020-04-16 |
| 10047. | G (yursefin) | 91.50 | 97% | 2012-06-05 |
| 10048. | Tyler (tjang) | 91.50 | 97% | 2019-05-30 |
| 10049. | Martel (marty09) | 91.50 | 97% | 2012-08-07 |
| 10050. | Low (tortin286) | 91.49 | 95% | 2017-07-29 |
| 10051. | vvvvvvvv (vvvvvvvv81) | 91.49 | 98% | 2022-04-05 |
| 10052. | Nico (npvalerio8) | 91.49 | 97% | 2021-07-27 |
| 10053. | Tina ;)~~~~ (tinac) | 91.49 | 98% | 2011-07-16 |
| 10054. | Austin (ahn94) | 91.49 | 96% | 2015-06-23 |
| 10055. | Nyomi (nyomithevagabond) | 91.48 | 95% | 2014-11-12 |
| 10056. | Tyler (typeler) | 91.48 | 96% | 2020-05-08 |
| 10057. | Arie (buenobonsai) | 91.48 | 97.5% | 2021-03-02 |
| 10058. | Ed (raptorofli) | 91.48 | 96% | 2023-02-23 |
| 10059. | Nathanael (samuraipizzacat29) | 91.48 | 94% | 2012-04-26 |
| 10060. | Kyle (gnowelyk) | 91.47 | 97% | 2020-03-11 |
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