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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| 43377. | kir (kiryyy) | 52.06 | 97% | 2024-10-10 |
| 43378. | (sistbrose) | 52.06 | 97% | 2024-02-24 |
| 43379. | (grego2612) | 52.05 | 99% | 2016-09-26 |
| 43380. | (loggityloglog) | 52.05 | 95% | 2019-04-26 |
| 43381. | (baylon) | 52.05 | 95% | 2014-10-26 |
| 43382. | (oliver25) | 52.04 | 97% | 2025-05-29 |
| 43383. | (ljhiokc) | 52.04 | 96% | 2023-08-05 |
| 43384. | (patini) | 52.04 | 96% | 2022-08-04 |
| 43385. | dadacin (dadacin) | 52.04 | 95% | 2023-01-13 |
| 43386. | Thobi (tombibby10) | 52.04 | 93% | 2021-01-19 |
| 43387. | (kambag86) | 52.04 | 96% | 2024-09-24 |
| 43388. | (a_pk) | 52.04 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
| 43389. | (rosie_081122) | 52.04 | 99% | 2021-03-04 |
| 43390. | (dinesh__) | 52.04 | 94% | 2016-01-03 |
| 43391. | (reefguzzler) | 52.04 | 94% | 2015-11-12 |
| 43392. | (cmkl85) | 52.04 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
| 43393. | (sarah_alsharif_) | 52.03 | 95% | 2022-11-08 |
| 43394. | (erilyn444) | 52.03 | 93.4% | 2024-08-29 |
| 43395. | (kyle0608) | 52.03 | 96% | 2024-01-28 |
| 43396. | (kbagi) | 52.03 | 96% | 2021-04-25 |
| 43397. | Zodi (zodi_dutoit) | 52.03 | 95% | 2021-03-29 |
| 43398. | Kurai (kuraiflame) | 52.03 | 93% | 2019-05-17 |
| 43399. | (mizanur16) | 52.03 | 99% | 2020-10-27 |
| 43400. | (blizzardhawk) | 52.03 | 95% | 2017-09-29 |
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| 43403. | (ahmedwm2) | 52.03 | 91% | 2015-08-04 |
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