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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29763. | ApK99 (a_pk) | 52.04 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
29764. | Amateur (rosie_081122) | 52.04 | 99% | 2021-03-04 |
29765. | dinesh (dinesh__) | 52.04 | 94% | 2016-01-03 |
29766. | Eric (reefguzzler) | 52.04 | 94% | 2015-11-12 |
29767. | Christina (cmkl85) | 52.04 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
29768. | Kyle (kyle0608) | 52.03 | 96% | 2024-01-28 |
29769. | Karol (kbagi) | 52.03 | 96% | 2021-04-25 |
29770. | Zodi (zodi_dutoit) | 52.03 | 95% | 2021-03-29 |
29771. | Kurai (kuraiflame) | 52.03 | 93% | 2019-05-17 |
29772. | Mizanur (mizanur16) | 52.03 | 99% | 2020-10-27 |
29773. | Michael (blizzardhawk) | 52.03 | 95% | 2017-09-29 |
29774. | Ronald (realm) | 52.03 | — | 2010-08-30 |
29775. | Gin (gin_ichimaru) | 52.03 | 90% | 2015-03-21 |
29776. | ahmed (ahmedwm2) | 52.03 | 91% | 2015-08-04 |
29777. | Saral (scrummaster) | 52.02 | 95% | 2018-06-15 |
29778. | My Brother, Don't Stop Tryi... | 52.02 | 97.2% | 2023-12-02 |
29779. | Rystian (cap_redhawk) | 52.01 | 94% | 2022-02-10 |
29780. | arman (invoker870) | 52.01 | 95% | 2017-09-08 |
29781. | srivatsava (slowandcalm) | 52.01 | 97% | 2017-10-14 |
29782. | bryan (ailynmiole) | 52.01 | 93% | 2012-02-27 |
29783. | Braden Wolf (bradenjw) | 52.00 | 96% | 2024-03-11 |
29784. | WhoYouCallinPinhead (braede... | 52.00 | 97% | 2017-10-05 |
29785. | cliff (cahard) | 52.00 | 97% | 2013-08-15 |
29786. | Speed (transportation) | 51.98 | 88% | 2016-04-27 |
29787. | Tater (strudle120) | 51.98 | 91% | 2013-04-10 |
29788. | theBooth (thebooth) | 51.97 | 96.7% | 2023-12-01 |
29789. | Saurab Kairi (saurabkairi) | 51.97 | 95% | 2024-04-19 |
29790. | Truck (truck4) | 51.97 | 95% | 2012-07-09 |
29791. | LittleLaosu (m609108001) | 51.97 | 97% | 2022-05-27 |
29792. | prantoy (prantoy) | 51.97 | 92% | 2014-02-19 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |