View Pit Stop page for race #923 by nak9x — Ghost race
Official speed | 50.41 wpm (94.51 seconds elapsed during race) |
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Race Start | December 27, 2010 12:19:55pm UTC |
Race Finish | December 27, 2010 12:21:30pm UTC |
Outcome | No win (2 of 2) |
Points | 0.00 |
Text | #630 (Length: 397 characters) 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. |