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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| 11625. | Jackie (laserelite) | 88.01 | 96% | 2021-07-07 |
| 11626. | David (ohkn) | 88.01 | 96% | 2016-06-09 |
| 11627. | Nxmxsis (nxmxsis) | 88.01 | 97% | 2018-11-23 |
| 11628. | Dextro (dextroaim) | 88.00 | 96.8% | 2024-02-22 |
| 11629. | Master (gravity010) | 88.00 | 97% | 2014-07-30 |
| 11630. | (6kg_rat) | 88.00 | 97.2% | 2025-05-14 |
| 11631. | Will (lliwbetas) | 88.00 | 96.9% | 2024-01-18 |
| 11632. | Andrew (holocene_learning_d... | 88.00 | 97% | 2022-09-30 |
| 11633. | Humm (syedhumza247) | 88.00 | 98% | 2021-01-04 |
| 11634. | Trevor (nithalak) | 88.00 | — | 2010-07-10 |
| 11635. | 牛牛 (luojiaxuanwu) | 88.00 | 91% | 2011-07-23 |
| 11636. | Ket (ket93) | 88.00 | 96.3% | 2021-02-24 |
| 11637. | Kermilian Nguyen (kermilian... | 87.99 | 97.5% | 2025-04-29 |
| 11638. | Rataro (yuugokku) | 87.99 | 99% | 2024-09-08 |
| 11639. | :) (nogameplan) | 87.99 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
| 11640. | Avneet (avneet91@gmail.com) | 87.99 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
| 11641. | Justin (justinv) | 87.98 | 98% | 2013-05-31 |
| 11642. | Alex (alexbigtypa) | 87.98 | 97% | 2024-11-12 |
| 11643. | giorgi (archangel2535) | 87.98 | 98% | 2022-02-19 |
| 11644. | Daaaaa (dadaloh) | 87.98 | 97.9% | 2023-08-01 |
| 11645. | amprex575 (amprex575) | 87.98 | 97.2% | 2023-10-28 |
| 11646. | Swags (emquinlisk) | 87.98 | 96% | 2013-01-21 |
| 11647. | dom (d0msan) | 87.98 | 98% | 2021-03-13 |
| 11648. | Jacob (highlift) | 87.98 | 93% | 2017-04-21 |
| 11649. | Sir (sirezekiel) | 87.98 | — | 2010-06-10 |
| 11650. | mrmine (mrmine) | 87.97 | 99% | 2025-06-26 |
| 11651. | PiPiMachine (pipimachine) | 87.97 | 97% | 2024-09-11 |
| 11652. | Michael (sickwithit41197) | 87.97 | 97% | 2025-04-05 |
| 11653. | mo (ceiba) | 87.97 | 98% | 2014-07-01 |
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