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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| 1125. | RIP BYRON (sk8terboi723) | 125.92 | 97% | 2020-08-02 |
| 1126. | (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━... | 125.89 | 96% | 2012-11-09 |
| 1127. | neil (digid) | 125.85 | — | 2010-12-05 |
| 1128. | Nash (han1999) | 125.80 | 93% | 2017-04-08 |
| 1129. | Scrubbyd (scdubby) | 125.79 | 99% | 2023-10-22 |
| 1130. | Matthew (courtreporter) | 125.79 | 98% | 2015-06-04 |
| 1131. | (´・ω・｀) (gahama) | 125.79 | 99% | 2022-03-08 |
| 1132. | blaise (pprince) | 125.79 | 99% | 2011-09-20 |
| 1133. | 40320 (40320) | 125.79 | 99% | 2013-01-06 |
| 1134. | Paul (pkanas) | 125.77 | 95% | 2016-06-11 |
| 1135. | Nicolas (dwarfhunter) | 125.75 | 98% | 2022-04-19 |
| 1136. | Sinister (devillesadvocate) | 125.75 | 99% | 2012-10-24 |
| 1137. | IMSL (moonrabbit) | 125.74 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
| 1138. | Alexandre (abourget) | 125.73 | 96% | 2011-08-23 |
| 1139. | Matthew (mattarous) | 125.71 | 95% | 2011-12-17 |
| 1140. | pprav (potato69420) | 125.70 | 98.3% | 2024-03-06 |
| 1141. | x (xnscdev) | 125.67 | 98% | 2022-03-17 |
| 1142. | Torrent (torrentsrage) | 125.67 | 98% | 2012-04-15 |
| 1143. | mike (semicolon) | 125.67 | 96% | 2015-06-24 |
| 1144. | Reckfuls Evil Twin Rickful ... | 125.67 | 93% | 2012-10-19 |
| 1145. | dinosaurusrex (dinosaurusrex) | 125.66 | 97% | 2021-09-11 |
| 1146. | Paul (dakuzo) | 125.66 | 98% | 2014-07-12 |
| 1147. | Mxxi (mxxi) | 125.60 | 96% | 2014-05-30 |
| 1148. | deadstock (deadstock) | 125.58 | 98% | 2013-08-15 |
| 1149. | 5000600 (5000600) | 125.58 | 99% | 2021-07-10 |
| 1150. | Mosa (_mosa) | 125.57 | 97% | 2026-03-02 |
| 1151. | jimjom (jimysucks) | 125.56 | 96% | 2016-12-24 |
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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 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |