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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| 35293. | Ryan (blazer60) | 60.33 | 97% | 2021-08-12 |
| 35294. | Sourav (sourav_malo) | 60.33 | 96.7% | 2024-01-28 |
| 35295. | hermogenes (borgy) | 60.33 | — | 2010-06-14 |
| 35296. | Nauman (scropio83) | 60.33 | 93% | 2012-02-26 |
| 35297. | Carol (lambfan) | 60.33 | — | 2010-07-29 |
| 35298. | v (vmtype) | 60.32 | 96% | 2025-02-27 |
| 35299. | SkyRandom (skyrandom) | 60.32 | 94.9% | 2025-01-29 |
| 35300. | Justin (20secs) | 60.32 | 95% | 2017-05-30 |
| 35301. | Md. Sabty (mr_ms) | 60.32 | 96% | 2024-08-03 |
| 35302. | josh (opticalshadow) | 60.32 | 95% | 2016-05-23 |
| 35303. | pythagoras (123pythagoras123) | 60.32 | 95% | 2021-04-12 |
| 35304. | Bill (billyx21) | 60.32 | 95.5% | 2024-01-17 |
| 35305. | boris (borisu) | 60.32 | 97% | 2021-05-16 |
| 35306. | Jacob (klosure) | 60.32 | 95.7% | 2023-11-12 |
| 35307. | Tinkureddy (tinku) | 60.32 | — | 2010-10-09 |
| 35308. | Facebook me @ (honnyhonny) | 60.32 | 96% | 2018-05-02 |
| 35309. | mightyoak (mightyoak) | 60.31 | 98% | 2025-05-21 |
| 35310. | Janigon (janigon) | 60.31 | 95% | 2025-02-27 |
| 35311. | Kevin (pshycomantisss) | 60.31 | 94.8% | 2024-05-14 |
| 35312. | Christian (liller04) | 60.31 | 93.7% | 2024-09-08 |
| 35313. | kenz00 (kenz_tp) | 60.31 | 96% | 2024-01-08 |
| 35314. | fishhands (fishwithhands) | 60.31 | 95% | 2024-07-30 |
| 35315. | gollum (gollum) | 60.31 | — | 2010-07-18 |
| 35316. | Ange (johnjung806) | 60.31 | 95% | 2021-01-08 |
| 35317. | viva (viva) | 60.31 | — | 2010-09-11 |
| 35318. | Philip (philster) | 60.31 | 90% | 2016-01-18 |
| 35319. | Julian (clif) | 60.31 | 91% | 2016-07-19 |
| 35320. | asad bopyra (paktyper22) | 60.30 | 97% | 2024-07-08 |
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