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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| 28115. | Ian (mightygi11) | 67.88 | 96% | 2022-11-24 |
| 28116. | Vy (vydinh) | 67.88 | 94% | 2012-06-06 |
| 28117. | samson (rangwin) | 67.88 | 95% | 2012-11-30 |
| 28118. | Andrey (andrey_) | 67.88 | 91% | 2017-03-30 |
| 28119. | Niels (picturetheory) | 67.88 | 94% | 2015-03-25 |
| 28120. | Victoria (victoria63) | 67.88 | 96% | 2015-12-29 |
| 28121. | Janacek (practice_in_new_la... | 67.88 | 96% | 2013-10-28 |
| 28122. | s (deadpoets) | 67.87 | 96.4% | 2025-01-02 |
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| 28124. | Puri (narthar) | 67.87 | 94% | 2021-11-07 |
| 28125. | Benjamin (bentheman02) | 67.87 | 97% | 2020-11-16 |
| 28126. | oualda (oualda) | 67.87 | 97% | 2022-06-01 |
| 28127. | Joshua (gottajet) | 67.87 | 98% | 2020-10-13 |
| 28128. | Yoga (eggnormous) | 67.87 | 96% | 2018-11-02 |
| 28129. | Evgeny (xlime) | 67.87 | 96% | 2012-11-08 |
| 28130. | Mathew (thatguy3256) | 67.87 | 94% | 2013-10-17 |
| 28131. | boyman (inelevenminds) | 67.86 | 96.4% | 2024-11-12 |
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