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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| 6500. | i_clueless (i_clueless) | 98.47 | 97% | 2025-06-04 |
| 6501. | cool (seshs) | 98.47 | 96% | 2019-02-26 |
| 6502. | Fox (foxfoxfoxfox) | 98.47 | 99% | 2022-03-02 |
| 6503. | Bjorn (bjo427) | 98.47 | 99% | 2022-10-25 |
| 6504. | Timmy (chet09) | 98.47 | 99.3% | 2024-10-26 |
| 6505. | Andrew (momoterraw) | 98.47 | 98% | 2022-06-27 |
| 6506. | Dennis (hullo_how_r_u) | 98.47 | 97% | 2021-03-18 |
| 6507. | asdasdf (211bazooka) | 98.47 | 96.5% | 2024-12-07 |
| 6508. | Jasmine (i_heart_typing) | 98.46 | 96.2% | 2024-04-19 |
| 6509. | Khizer (khizlaw) | 98.46 | 98% | 2025-07-08 |
| 6510. | Alex (arandazzo829) | 98.46 | 96% | 2016-03-23 |
| 6511. | Justin (tokomaki) | 98.46 | 97% | 2016-11-11 |
| 6512. | Joshua (cptnarwhalrus) | 98.46 | 96% | 2019-04-08 |
| 6513. | HotDog1123 (hotdog1123) | 98.45 | 97.7% | 2024-12-14 |
| 6514. | WHO AM I (naox) | 98.45 | 96% | 2015-02-23 |
| 6515. | Brandon (brandong) | 98.45 | 98% | 2012-12-08 |
| 6516. | Khaled (khaled2252) | 98.44 | 98% | 2021-05-09 |
| 6517. | Harit (firebreather) | 98.44 | 93% | 2014-01-06 |
| 6518. | Mateus (m_bezrutchka) | 98.44 | 95% | 2017-03-07 |
| 6519. | GeneralCuddles (taelfael) | 98.43 | 99% | 2021-12-27 |
| 6520. | Jeff (twhjeffy) | 98.43 | 95% | 2016-06-15 |
| 6521. | melina (halfxheart) | 98.42 | 99% | 2020-10-03 |
| 6522. | Justin (mathhomework) | 98.42 | 95% | 2015-01-07 |
| 6523. | Sujithraj (sujithr) | 98.42 | 99% | 2011-08-14 |
| 6524. | Jett (jetthansley) | 98.41 | 97% | 2025-07-18 |
| 6525. | amberserpent (amberserpent) | 98.41 | 98% | 2023-05-29 |
| 6526. | greed (greedthelazy) | 98.41 | 98.1% | 2025-03-19 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |