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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| 18142. | optional (itsmebr0) | 79.79 | 95.1% | 2023-10-03 |
| 18143. | oaksdu (oaksdu) | 79.79 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
| 18144. | scollon (scollon) | 79.79 | 95.4% | 2023-11-16 |
| 18145. | Jack (jtv313) | 79.79 | 96.2% | 2021-02-11 |
| 18146. | Shawheen (shawheen) | 79.79 | 92% | 2013-06-04 |
| 18147. | Penguin007 (penguin007) | 79.78 | 94.8% | 2025-02-10 |
| 18148. | Jason (jfeades1) | 79.78 | 97% | 2025-05-25 |
| 18149. | vivonzulul (epsilonfunction) | 79.78 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 18150. | Hezha (hezhasindi) | 79.78 | 97.6% | 2024-02-07 |
| 18151. | Gabriel (gazari) | 79.78 | 96% | 2019-11-14 |
| 18152. | Austin (quanglamtran346) | 79.78 | 99% | 2025-12-06 |
| 18153. | cool_whip (cool_whip) | 79.78 | 98% | 2021-03-11 |
| 18154. | vodka (vodkatr) | 79.78 | 97% | 2021-01-27 |
| 18155. | Aleksander (acidix) | 79.78 | 96% | 2020-07-14 |
| 18156. | Lee (hotdjlee) | 79.78 | 93% | 2013-02-15 |
| 18157. | elazer (elazer) | 79.78 | 98% | 2016-01-17 |
| 18158. | Ivan (c0rn) | 79.77 | 97.4% | 2024-03-12 |
| 18159. | Robert (robnekaj) | 79.77 | 96% | 2023-02-15 |
| 18160. | Bob (bbobffrench) | 79.77 | 97% | 2025-04-20 |
| 18161. | stayquietpeasants (neotitan... | 79.77 | 95% | 2025-05-03 |
| 18162. | Kira (wan4y12) | 79.77 | 94% | 2023-12-20 |
| 18163. | James (kimandoxs) | 79.77 | 96% | 2022-06-14 |
| 18164. | bingcheng45 (bingcheng45) | 79.77 | 97% | 2021-03-17 |
| 18165. | Michael (mike55449) | 79.77 | 98% | 2013-11-24 |
| 18166. | TTT (tripletea) | 79.77 | 95% | 2013-12-05 |
| 18167. | The Humbler (the_humbler) | 79.77 | 94% | 2013-04-05 |
| 18168. | Joe (dawizardi) | 79.76 | 91% | 2015-02-24 |
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