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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4379. | Fictions (fictionqt) | 102.62 | 96% | 2015-07-22 |
4380. | ช่วยด้วย (k... | 102.62 | 99% | 2015-03-29 |
4381. | SPQR (tringuyen29) | 102.61 | 97% | 2023-09-18 |
4382. | (monpre) | 102.61 | 97% | 2020-02-28 |
4383. | Mmm coffee (orchdork7926) | 102.61 | 99% | 2016-11-29 |
4384. | Trilly (trilly03) | 102.60 | 98% | 2022-04-11 |
4385. | Kshitiz (kshitiz2099) | 102.60 | 98% | 2022-11-06 |
4386. | erty (someone8888) | 102.60 | 100% | 2019-10-14 |
4387. | aa (cruglo) | 102.60 | 97% | 2015-02-23 |
4388. | Crono (ddrcrono) | 102.60 | 98% | 2011-10-11 |
4389. | trishmapow (trishmapow) | 102.59 | 97% | 2015-11-09 |
4390. | John (feysir) | 102.58 | 96% | 2020-08-31 |
4391. | Merhawi (mfissehaye) | 102.58 | 97% | 2022-08-07 |
4392. | 9fingerstyle (readjust) | 102.57 | 98% | 2021-01-18 |
4393. | Bob (bob_ling12) | 102.56 | 98% | 2022-08-31 |
4394. | _____ (husixu1) | 102.55 | 96% | 2023-08-25 |
4395. | Danan (dananbookworm) | 102.54 | 98% | 2018-06-25 |
4396. | ap4thet1c (alextolio) | 102.54 | 96% | 2014-04-24 |
4397. | CALIBER (risen_one) | 102.53 | 97% | 2011-10-21 |
4398. | Les (larocque) | 102.52 | 87% | 2014-08-26 |
4399. | Bethany (spellchecker) | 102.52 | 97% | 2016-03-07 |
4400. | Petrus (petrus123) | 102.51 | 95% | 2014-11-13 |
4401. | Johnson (ghettohomeboi) | 102.50 | — | 2011-03-06 |
4402. | connor (cwilkinson) | 102.49 | 98% | 2018-06-21 |
4403. | dome (dome2233) | 102.49 | 95% | 2013-01-19 |
4404. | ehe (aeronsic) | 102.48 | 100% | 2022-11-17 |
4405. | Shanks (abracashanksa) | 102.48 | 97% | 2014-09-20 |
4406. | u8y7541 (u8y7541) | 102.47 | 97% | 2018-03-29 |
4407. | erk (estalow) | 102.46 | 97% | 2019-10-07 |
4408. | tommy (littlemonad) | 102.46 | 99% | 2019-08-05 |
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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 |