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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| 36770. | nayag (bayag50) | 61.00 | 95.5% | 2025-02-01 |
| 36771. | a (dasilva05) | 60.99 | 95% | 2012-06-07 |
| 36772. | Shroudy (senthasiddu) | 60.99 | 95% | 2017-07-18 |
| 36773. | cindy (cynct954) | 60.99 | 97% | 2018-11-19 |
| 36774. | Lala (wuyangbeijing) | 60.99 | 90% | 2017-05-09 |
| 36775. | Adam (hades3k) | 60.99 | 96% | 2025-11-27 |
| 36776. | Marcus (marcusradell) | 60.99 | 98% | 2021-03-18 |
| 36777. | Zachary (zacharylawrence00) | 60.99 | 97% | 2019-02-10 |
| 36778. | Pieter (umbravanlocks) | 60.99 | 94.7% | 2024-05-16 |
| 36779. | IamAyushman (iamayushman) | 60.99 | 96.7% | 2024-02-24 |
| 36780. | mrbols (mrbols) | 60.99 | 93% | 2024-08-08 |
| 36781. | Brennan Stevens (grumpybear... | 60.99 | 96% | 2024-12-19 |
| 36782. | xd_ujjawal (xd_ujjawal) | 60.99 | 96% | 2025-04-06 |
| 36783. | urfavlawyer (xkloo) | 60.99 | 95.1% | 2025-03-27 |
| 36784. | caca (chalriez) | 60.99 | 97% | 2021-10-08 |
| 36785. | gabe theriault (gterryfit) | 60.99 | 94% | 2025-01-29 |
| 36786. | abart (abart711) | 60.98 | 91% | 2014-05-16 |
| 36787. | Gerri (gerri) | 60.98 | — | 2010-12-22 |
| 36788. | Peter (slangekop66) | 60.98 | 96% | 2020-10-29 |
| 36789. | Jeffrey (jjsung) | 60.98 | 97% | 2018-02-12 |
| 36790. | Mike (mike816) | 60.98 | 96% | 2021-08-10 |
| 36791. | hieser (hieser) | 60.98 | 96% | 2024-03-25 |
| 36792. | Cython (cython_) | 60.98 | 97% | 2024-05-26 |
| 36793. | Kemal (kemalekren) | 60.98 | 94.2% | 2024-10-04 |
| 36794. | caspir (1caspir) | 60.98 | 97.4% | 2024-05-25 |
| 36795. | suhayb (suhayb) | 60.98 | 96% | 2025-06-18 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |