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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15364. | Nick (proskillz360) | 82.02 | 96% | 2024-04-15 |
15365. | Kelp (klaptep) | 82.02 | 98% | 2024-09-06 |
15366. | hari (harisudewa) | 82.02 | 97% | 2021-08-19 |
15367. | EL (elbarto625) | 82.02 | 97.8% | 2024-04-18 |
15368. | Vim (vimb0tch) | 82.02 | 92% | 2013-09-05 |
15369. | Settthawut (iaunracer) | 82.02 | 95% | 2015-02-23 |
15370. | Emmett (olea9691) | 82.02 | — | 2010-07-21 |
15371. | Skrunch (skrunch) | 82.01 | 97% | 2024-12-19 |
15372. | PapaJohn (creamchese) | 82.01 | 97% | 2024-12-20 |
15373. | 3000 cycles I missed you (r... | 82.01 | 98% | 2025-02-22 |
15374. | HF (hfeldman) | 82.01 | 95.1% | 2025-01-24 |
15375. | iep (iebeaux) | 82.01 | 97% | 2022-06-14 |
15376. | Jakub (arpel) | 82.01 | 96% | 2021-10-23 |
15377. | Maryanne (seakist) | 82.01 | 98% | 2023-04-13 |
15378. | Mike (migpok35) | 82.01 | 98% | 2017-09-22 |
15379. | jaggu (jaggu94) | 82.01 | 97% | 2017-11-28 |
15380. | fabrice (bmoyobooo) | 82.00 | 95% | 2025-04-07 |
15381. | diego (dast) | 82.00 | 98% | 2024-08-05 |
15382. | Harrison (kyeuko) | 82.00 | 96% | 2022-01-06 |
15383. | Phaysik (phaysik) | 82.00 | 97% | 2023-01-20 |
15384. | Freowy (freowy) | 82.00 | 98% | 2021-06-05 |
15385. | Nio (nio21) | 82.00 | 97% | 2013-07-28 |
15386. | Gendo (gendo) | 82.00 | 96% | 2014-05-27 |
15387. | angrathar (angrathar) | 82.00 | 96% | 2021-01-23 |
15388. | Austin (hobbes__623) | 81.99 | 96.2% | 2024-10-26 |
15389. | Mohamed Irshaadh (irshaadh) | 81.99 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
15390. | Vy (dinhtuvy) | 81.99 | 98% | 2021-02-11 |
15391. | Davide (davidez) | 81.99 | 97% | 2013-11-13 |
15392. | John (molotov5) | 81.99 | 95% | 2022-06-10 |
15393. | Phin (phinttv) | 81.99 | 96% | 2021-06-11 |
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Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |