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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| 28914. | ineedhelp (ineedhelpp) | 65.40 | 96.9% | 2021-02-21 |
| 28915. | Sputnik25 (25dondon25) | 65.40 | 95% | 2011-07-17 |
| 28916. | sd (yoyoyou) | 65.40 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 28917. | ObamaEbola (obama_has_ebola) | 65.39 | 96% | 2024-10-02 |
| 28918. | Arban (arbanmc) | 65.39 | 94% | 2024-11-08 |
| 28919. | Ben (benmar000) | 65.39 | 97% | 2024-08-30 |
| 28920. | GAfan(dr34ml3nd) (gafan_dr3... | 65.39 | 96% | 2025-03-05 |
| 28921. | goatqi (goatqi) | 65.39 | 96% | 2021-05-10 |
| 28922. | rajesh (rmalli) | 65.39 | 96% | 2022-05-08 |
| 28923. | Nick (nick22985) | 65.39 | 95% | 2024-07-28 |
| 28924. | claudio (claudiov) | 65.39 | 98.4% | 2024-10-10 |
| 28925. | g (siden) | 65.39 | 92% | 2013-01-19 |
| 28926. | Mishel (holosight) | 65.39 | 95% | 2021-09-22 |
| 28927. | David (delkos) | 65.39 | 96% | 2019-10-30 |
| 28928. | Daggen (daggen96) | 65.39 | 94% | 2016-01-11 |
| 28929. | Rolf (epostenmin) | 65.39 | 92% | 2014-12-08 |
| 28930. | Intenternet (intenternet) | 65.38 | 96.5% | 2023-11-13 |
| 28931. | Ellie (egfisch) | 65.38 | 96% | 2024-09-26 |
| 28932. | Moses (moseslee) | 65.38 | 95% | 2024-04-13 |
| 28933. | Connor B (cdawg909) | 65.38 | 96% | 2024-06-20 |
| 28934. | Shashank (0rthr0s) | 65.38 | 96.2% | 2024-02-23 |
| 28935. | Matthew (mathias69) | 65.38 | 95% | 2024-03-26 |
| 28936. | munkhbymba (mnkhbmb) | 65.38 | 96.3% | 2024-01-14 |
| 28937. | Anhad (freeflowfive) | 65.38 | 92% | 2017-01-14 |
| 28938. | Kimberly Anne (olivakimberly) | 65.38 | 98% | 2024-07-03 |
| 28939. | KachoriJalebi (kachori_jalebi) | 65.38 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
| 28940. | dimitri (rubikscube44) | 65.38 | 89% | 2013-12-21 |
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| 28942. | Nyrico (angelocuartel) | 65.38 | 96% | 2022-11-09 |
| 28943. | Ruslan (fortres) | 65.38 | 96% | 2015-12-20 |
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