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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| 15253. | fatality (anurag9911) | 82.88 | 97% | 2025-07-22 |
| 15254. | HDoll (hdoll) | 82.88 | 98% | 2021-07-25 |
| 15255. | John (skylark193) | 82.88 | 93% | 2014-09-03 |
| 15256. | Wherleybird (#1 Grand Rapid... | 82.88 | 97% | 2021-01-04 |
| 15257. | Faizan (fishiaz) | 82.88 | 98% | 2022-01-17 |
| 15258. | Matthew (mattuncharted) | 82.88 | 97.9% | 2021-02-12 |
| 15259. | Roshan (noob_master9901) | 82.88 | 98% | 2025-05-23 |
| 15260. | Ellis (babyeatingatheist) | 82.88 | 92% | 2016-05-30 |
| 15261. | Peter (riffert) | 82.88 | 94% | 2016-12-20 |
| 15262. | Praveen (kprav33n) | 82.88 | 98% | 2014-04-13 |
| 15263. | Zach (zapt52) | 82.87 | 96% | 2017-04-19 |
| 15264. | D (daymo) | 82.87 | 96% | 2014-08-19 |
| 15265. | love (toesofthedamned) | 82.87 | 98% | 2021-05-02 |
| 15266. | Colemax (sqxleaxes) | 82.87 | 97% | 2021-11-02 |
| 15267. | Max (maxk1ckass) | 82.87 | 99% | 2021-04-19 |
| 15268. | Seppe (seppe) | 82.87 | 96% | 2013-06-05 |
| 15269. | choogo (choogo) | 82.86 | 96% | 2025-03-24 |
| 15270. | Stannous (stannous) | 82.86 | 97% | 2025-03-02 |
| 15271. | Maliha (mnusrat) | 82.86 | 97% | 2017-11-20 |
| 15272. | Andrew (andy6) | 82.86 | 98% | 2023-04-06 |
| 15273. | Lior (lior8413) | 82.86 | 98% | 2021-03-18 |
| 15274. | Fannar (fannarr) | 82.86 | 97% | 2018-02-27 |
| 15275. | Alejandro (alejo_100) | 82.86 | 95% | 2015-11-18 |
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| 15277. | Gabriel (dekkoz) | 82.85 | 97.7% | 2024-08-02 |
| 15278. | gayman (vvvvvccvvvvv) | 82.85 | 97.4% | 2023-12-18 |
| 15279. | Daniel (dnford2) | 82.85 | 98% | 2025-01-13 |
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