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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| 6053. | Paii * (pichapaii) | 99.44 | 96% | 2016-05-28 |
| 6054. | Kate (purplerain16) | 99.44 | 98% | 2016-11-13 |
| 6055. | Daniel (madscience) | 99.44 | 95% | 2015-05-12 |
| 6056. | Joie (jliba12) | 99.44 | 95% | 2014-02-21 |
| 6057. | Amir (amirbudicecep) | 99.44 | 96% | 2015-06-09 |
| 6058. | gringie (gringie) | 99.43 | 95% | 2017-03-27 |
| 6059. | Jennifer (jenniferzed) | 99.43 | 96% | 2015-06-29 |
| 6060. | valenti (valenti12) | 99.42 | 97.1% | 2025-01-09 |
| 6061. | Roodoe (roodoe) | 99.42 | 96% | 2013-03-19 |
| 6062. | chimp (phucktyping) | 99.41 | 98% | 2021-11-30 |
| 6063. | a (sophie3333) | 99.41 | 98% | 2024-07-02 |
| 6064. | Specter (spectergrrim) | 99.41 | 99% | 2024-10-23 |
| 6065. | san_ (san__) | 99.41 | 96% | 2023-05-21 |
| 6066. | Christian (breeboy) | 99.41 | 98% | 2021-02-11 |
| 6067. | svinfia (svinfia) | 99.41 | — | 2010-07-17 |
| 6068. | Mureed (mureed) | 99.41 | 97% | 2016-01-29 |
| 6069. | hello (winter_tree) | 99.40 | 98% | 2024-06-15 |
| 6070. | William (william_david) | 99.40 | 99% | 2025-05-09 |
| 6071. | Zach (digslasher) | 99.40 | 94% | 2014-07-31 |
| 6072. | Justin (justinjd) | 99.40 | 97% | 2011-06-06 |
| 6073. | Fxh7+ (bossrubik) | 99.40 | 98% | 2016-04-06 |
| 6074. | Jonathan (jonoz0r) | 99.39 | 96% | 2020-07-30 |
| 6075. | Antonio (antaloaalonso) | 99.39 | 97% | 2025-01-02 |
| 6076. | Tommy (dextonjl) | 99.39 | 98% | 2021-04-04 |
| 6077. | Data (datainferno) | 99.38 | 95.6% | 2024-11-21 |
| 6078. | Devin (gootar) | 99.38 | 99% | 2014-02-20 |
| 6079. | Waynelolz (waynelolz) | 99.37 | 95% | 2016-06-03 |
| 6080. | James (bevojames) | 99.37 | 96% | 2011-09-29 |
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