God help us (novabond)

Race #19859

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Official speed 111.68 wpm (42.66 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start May 22, 2014 1:27:22am UTC
Race Finish May 22, 2014 1:28:05am UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. 39clues (104.84 wpm)
Accuracy 92.0%
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.