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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| 12044. | mars (marswork) | 87.01 | 96% | 2015-02-09 |
| 12045. | Darth (littleani) | 87.01 | 98% | 2016-05-06 |
| 12046. | Burint (brenolz) | 87.00 | 94.8% | 2024-04-08 |
| 12047. | Henrique (irnehp) | 87.00 | — | 2011-01-31 |
| 12048. | delia (deliaaure@gmail.com) | 87.00 | 90% | 2012-04-26 |
| 12049. | BELIEVE-GOD (debss) | 87.00 | 91% | 2013-10-23 |
| 12050. | lejo (lejo5356) | 86.99 | 97% | 2025-04-15 |
| 12051. | mrtoto (mrtoto) | 86.99 | 96% | 2023-09-12 |
| 12052. | Mehti (lylehti) | 86.99 | 98% | 2022-04-19 |
| 12053. | Aviv (abyx) | 86.99 | — | 2010-11-30 |
| 12054. | Ronald (ironaldonline) | 86.98 | 95.7% | 2024-08-23 |
| 12055. | Angelo (angelo13c) | 86.98 | 97% | 2024-04-07 |
| 12056. | Tre (hurmesole) | 86.98 | 96% | 2012-10-27 |
| 12057. | Kelby (haulzy) | 86.98 | 97% | 2023-02-01 |
| 12058. | shota.b (shotiko8) | 86.98 | 99% | 2013-12-11 |
| 12059. | Senecaz (senecaz) | 86.98 | 98% | 2017-11-30 |
| 12060. | aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (twoye... | 86.97 | 95% | 2023-06-20 |
| 12061. | L. (ltph) | 86.97 | 96% | 2020-10-09 |
| 12062. | LikeABoss (jlikeaboss) | 86.97 | 96% | 2012-03-20 |
| 12063. | Just a man in a hotdog van ... | 86.97 | 97% | 2019-02-27 |
| 12064. | Evan (evanrules22314) | 86.97 | 95% | 2025-01-05 |
| 12065. | Neil Naphtali (neiln) | 86.96 | 95.4% | 2024-12-15 |
| 12066. | Nicholson (nicholsonh98) | 86.96 | 97% | 2025-03-28 |
| 12067. | Declan (2soup4declan) | 86.96 | 96.9% | 2024-10-24 |
| 12068. | E (norcalvb) | 86.96 | 99% | 2013-06-07 |
| 12069. | Kevin (thebachellor) | 86.96 | 94% | 2013-06-15 |
| 12070. | Monte Carlo (polishtyper) | 86.96 | 94% | 2015-07-03 |
| 12071. | Dazed (dazedtyper) | 86.95 | 98% | 2024-08-15 |
| 12072. | anawar (anawarawm) | 86.95 | 91% | 2015-06-14 |
| 12073. | Dan (master2day) | 86.95 | 96% | 2022-08-09 |
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