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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23685. | Andi (nimrod007) | 63.81 | 94% | 2013-10-01 |
23686. | Malissa (malissa07) | 63.80 | 97% | 2011-09-08 |
23687. | Gina (annadreya) | 63.80 | 96.6% | 2023-11-17 |
23688. | Md Ibrahim Hossain (komlaka... | 63.79 | 97% | 2024-05-14 |
23689. | Matthias (reiwok) | 63.79 | 94% | 2014-10-05 |
23690. | Justin (justtis) | 63.79 | 97% | 2011-10-21 |
23691. | cole (cmurph) | 63.79 | 93% | 2014-02-19 |
23692. | Piglot (piglot44) | 63.78 | 96% | 2023-12-16 |
23693. | Sven (paindevil07) | 63.78 | 95% | 2022-09-24 |
23694. | Amir (thebluebear) | 63.78 | 94% | 2021-03-13 |
23695. | ridan (ridanrekas) | 63.78 | 94% | 2013-02-18 |
23696. | Florian (jordanbelfort) | 63.77 | 96% | 2021-02-12 |
23697. | jianhao (libliduobuqiuqiu) | 63.77 | 97% | 2023-11-16 |
23698. | Opu (samops) | 63.77 | 95% | 2023-09-08 |
23699. | Udit (uditagrawal) | 63.77 | 92% | 2014-05-07 |
23700. | GARDENIA#1 (duyyy) | 63.77 | 94% | 2019-12-15 |
23701. | caatbox288 (caatbox288) | 63.76 | 95% | 2024-04-28 |
23702. | Nico (lordcoconut) | 63.76 | 95% | 2022-04-02 |
23703. | Ivan (sakhman) | 63.76 | 95% | 2022-02-05 |
23704. | Mr. Fancy (mr_fancy77) | 63.76 | 95.5% | 2021-02-19 |
23705. | Nurbek (tsukerk1) | 63.76 | 95% | 2020-11-14 |
23706. | CARLO (cjbal) | 63.76 | 94% | 2014-10-14 |
23707. | Suman (suman1998) | 63.76 | 97% | 2021-03-08 |
23708. | Dipankar (dipankarkumar275) | 63.75 | 98% | 2022-02-26 |
23709. | Riki (kodeka) | 63.75 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
23710. | Polymatic (pulpo_negro) | 63.75 | 96% | 2024-01-17 |
23711. | Krishna (qrishna59) | 63.75 | 97% | 2022-10-21 |
23712. | Guest (alvinaruto) | 63.75 | 98% | 2022-02-15 |
23713. | Guest (blacknwhite) | 63.75 | 95% | 2013-12-11 |
23714. | Setthawut (iauntype) | 63.75 | 96% | 2014-05-23 |
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