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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| 39888. | Brando (refriedbeanboi) | 53.41 | 96% | 2024-11-30 |
| 39889. | Lucia (latestlucia) | 53.41 | 97% | 2024-01-14 |
| 39890. | Guest (guest1782) | 53.41 | 87% | 2011-08-31 |
| 39891. | mehul (mehulmacwan) | 53.41 | 93% | 2014-07-22 |
| 39892. | Frederik Dahlbom (dahlbom) | 53.40 | 96% | 2024-03-05 |
| 39893. | Justin (reaper7592) | 53.40 | 96.6% | 2023-12-22 |
| 39894. | Panko (pankelele) | 53.40 | 94% | 2023-11-15 |
| 39895. | jin han (jx068) | 53.40 | 93% | 2021-05-08 |
| 39896. | Jack (putridllama) | 53.40 | 96% | 2021-01-13 |
| 39897. | Ejay (superproxy420) | 53.40 | 95.8% | 2021-02-01 |
| 39898. | spacerock (spacerock69) | 53.40 | 94% | 2021-02-24 |
| 39899. | Maganth (mahanthathreyee) | 53.40 | 94% | 2018-05-09 |
| 39900. | Luke (skyluke56) | 53.39 | 91% | 2015-06-05 |
| 39901. | Christian Andino Borrero (c... | 53.39 | 95% | 2024-02-26 |
| 39902. | Austin (sophonarope94) | 53.39 | 96.9% | 2023-12-05 |
| 39903. | Nungkha (nungkha) | 53.39 | 96% | 2021-12-13 |
| 39904. | zach (zach1067) | 53.38 | 95% | 2025-02-13 |
| 39905. | Prabuddha (learning2type1414) | 53.38 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
| 39906. | Charlie (thothcomplex) | 53.38 | 96% | 2017-06-18 |
| 39907. | RoboAW (roboaw) | 53.37 | 96% | 2022-05-15 |
| 39908. | kafka (kafkatamura) | 53.37 | 94.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 39909. | no (cetuslapetus) | 53.37 | 97% | 2024-04-11 |
| 39910. | Marco (marcov641) | 53.37 | 94.8% | 2024-02-02 |
| 39911. | Oreo (lofi) | 53.37 | 95% | 2011-08-20 |
| 39912. | Viet (vietbuzz) | 53.36 | 96% | 2016-07-16 |
| 39913. | Mieszko Pasierbek (mieszek_00) | 53.36 | 96% | 2024-01-26 |
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