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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| 24767. | Guest (cromernova) | 71.21 | 96% | 2024-06-17 |
| 24768. | Go Go Goooo! (gogocarol) | 71.21 | 93% | 2011-05-11 |
| 24769. | abtswiath (abtswiath) | 71.20 | 97% | 2025-04-22 |
| 24770. | Aniket (mrjerry1q98) | 71.20 | 96.2% | 2025-03-02 |
| 24771. | David Moravec (davmor) | 71.20 | 98.6% | 2024-02-21 |
| 24772. | Charlie (chazzyfresh) | 71.20 | 95.9% | 2024-04-11 |
| 24773. | Malzii (malzii) | 71.20 | 97% | 2017-09-07 |
| 24774. | punit (punit965) | 71.20 | 95% | 2019-03-19 |
| 24775. | Dangerous (vandisk) | 71.20 | 99% | 2019-04-07 |
| 24776. | Li Yan (ori_liyan) | 71.19 | 96% | 2024-07-30 |
| 24777. | Jeet (wgt4004) | 71.19 | 99% | 2024-04-06 |
| 24778. | ok (apocalee) | 71.19 | 95% | 2024-03-22 |
| 24779. | Neeb (neebie) | 71.19 | 92% | 2014-04-03 |
| 24780. | Nic (hoooosdifuh) | 71.19 | 97% | 2022-02-05 |
| 24781. | thuan_hng (thuan_hng) | 71.19 | 98% | 2011-06-07 |
| 24782. | terror67890 (terror67890) | 71.19 | 97% | 2017-10-21 |
| 24783. | Uzair (uzih) | 71.18 | 93% | 2012-10-09 |
| 24784. | El (el_mago) | 71.18 | 95.9% | 2025-05-16 |
| 24785. | kazle (amazing_potato) | 71.18 | 96% | 2022-10-05 |
| 24786. | Amir (amirnik) | 71.18 | 95% | 2013-11-09 |
| 24787. | Hi (d3itchd) | 71.18 | 95% | 2024-12-03 |
| 24788. | Parm (parm_85) | 71.18 | — | 2010-09-06 |
| 24789. | Chris (million7) | 71.18 | 93% | 2014-03-30 |
| 24790. | Daniel (dsonger20) | 71.17 | 96% | 2021-07-17 |
| 24791. | Lakshay (lakshay007) | 71.17 | 96.5% | 2024-09-19 |
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