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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| 7556. | (raymo_nd) | 96.42 | 98% | 2021-01-07 |
| 7557. | (doublemimo) | 96.42 | 100% | 2011-09-20 |
| 7558. | (acceleradiance) | 96.42 | 97% | 2020-02-08 |
| 7559. | (mattratt) | 96.41 | 91% | 2016-10-25 |
| 7560. | keyma.sh (bommer1234) | 96.41 | 97% | 2020-12-13 |
| 7561. | (jackchealdang) | 96.41 | 96% | 2016-01-17 |
| 7562. | (mistak) | 96.41 | 97% | 2015-03-21 |
| 7563. | (d4n7u7) | 96.41 | 100% | 2019-03-14 |
| 7564. | Oscar (moksleepy) | 96.41 | 99% | 2012-03-23 |
| 7565. | (cypher26) | 96.41 | 97% | 2017-06-28 |
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| 7570. | (jungyeon) | 96.40 | 95% | 2017-09-17 |
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