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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| 5178. | trishmapow (trishmapow) | 102.59 | 97% | 2015-11-09 |
| 5179. | John (feysir) | 102.58 | 96% | 2020-08-31 |
| 5180. | Merhawi (mfissehaye) | 102.58 | 97% | 2022-08-07 |
| 5181. | 9fingerstyle (readjust) | 102.57 | 98% | 2021-01-18 |
| 5182. | Bob (bob_ling12) | 102.56 | 98% | 2022-08-31 |
| 5183. | _____ (husixu1) | 102.55 | 96.4% | 2023-08-25 |
| 5184. | CheetahDude (ghysdd) | 102.54 | 98% | 2024-09-10 |
| 5185. | Danan (dananbookworm) | 102.54 | 98% | 2018-06-25 |
| 5186. | ap4thet1c (alextolio) | 102.54 | 96% | 2014-04-24 |
| 5187. | Jason (typingtutorpro) | 102.53 | 97% | 2018-03-08 |
| 5188. | CALIBER (risen_one) | 102.53 | 97% | 2011-10-21 |
| 5189. | DJ (dj8790) | 102.52 | 97.1% | 2024-09-21 |
| 5190. | _ (bettersins) | 102.52 | 97.7% | 2024-10-18 |
| 5191. | Les (larocque) | 102.52 | 87% | 2014-08-26 |
| 5192. | Bethany (spellchecker) | 102.52 | 97% | 2016-03-07 |
| 5193. | Petrus (petrus123) | 102.51 | 95% | 2014-11-13 |
| 5194. | Annie (annietemple11) | 102.50 | 97.5% | 2025-01-22 |
| 5195. | Pidguit (pidguit) | 102.50 | 99% | 2025-07-30 |
| 5196. | Jacob (jkhindo64) | 102.50 | 99.3% | 2024-06-19 |
| 5197. | Johnson (ghettohomeboi) | 102.50 | — | 2011-03-06 |
| 5198. | pillbug (cwilkinson) | 102.49 | 98% | 2018-06-21 |
| 5199. | dome (dome2233) | 102.49 | 95% | 2013-01-19 |
| 5200. | ehe (aeronsic) | 102.48 | 100% | 2022-11-17 |
| 5201. | Shanks (abracashanksa) | 102.48 | 97% | 2014-09-20 |
| 5202. | A (kmos) | 102.47 | 96.8% | 2025-02-14 |
| 5203. | u8y7541 (u8y7541) | 102.47 | 97% | 2018-03-29 |
| 5204. | tommy (littlemonad) | 102.46 | 99% | 2019-08-05 |
| 5205. | erk (estalow) | 102.46 | 97% | 2019-10-07 |
| 5206. | Anirud (anirudgupta) | 102.46 | 96% | 2015-02-21 |
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