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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| 20469. | Devon (devenski) | 75.23 | 98% | 2019-10-30 |
| 20470. | Quyền (quyenhoang) | 75.23 | 97% | 2013-01-16 |
| 20471. | Martin (martinw89) | 75.22 | 96% | 2012-04-28 |
| 20472. | Lily (lilylilylily) | 75.22 | 98.5% | 2023-11-18 |
| 20473. | acrid (acrid) | 75.22 | 98% | 2022-01-20 |
| 20474. | Keira (keiramc) | 75.22 | 96% | 2023-08-01 |
| 20475. | The best (thebestmeme) | 75.22 | 95% | 2021-05-04 |
| 20476. | Sanbi (ss8vd) | 75.22 | — | 2010-08-11 |
| 20477. | Ganesh (ganesh_100) | 75.22 | 97% | 2016-02-17 |
| 20478. | chrism (chrism90) | 75.21 | 99% | 2024-02-22 |
| 20479. | yin (yinspirit) | 75.21 | 97% | 2025-01-07 |
| 20480. | MAx (mass898998) | 75.21 | 97% | 2024-05-06 |
| 20481. | sk (kasem132) | 75.21 | 97% | 2024-08-12 |
| 20482. | Katie (blissbee7) | 75.21 | 99% | 2024-03-25 |
| 20483. | chandra (sekhar_88) | 75.21 | 98% | 2016-02-04 |
| 20484. | Eivind (haskellelephant) | 75.21 | 94% | 2013-01-21 |
| 20485. | bored-sabrina (sabrina1624) | 75.20 | 98% | 2024-08-23 |
| 20486. | Abat (lazy_ovosc) | 75.20 | 96% | 2024-05-16 |
| 20487. | asdasd (asdasd94) | 75.20 | 98.8% | 2024-01-01 |
| 20488. | Josh (upaymeifixit) | 75.20 | 93% | 2016-03-04 |
| 20489. | John (meep_beep) | 75.20 | 96% | 2022-03-18 |
| 20490. | Paperclip (akmalreza) | 75.20 | 96% | 2020-05-07 |
| 20491. | burger (jill1522) | 75.20 | 92% | 2016-05-16 |
| 20492. | Abigail (abievans46) | 75.20 | 94% | 2016-06-30 |
| 20493. | Elluna (elluna) | 75.20 | 93.7% | 2025-03-29 |
| 20494. | Masoud (masoudcs) | 75.20 | 98% | 2014-04-18 |
| 20495. | gismet_majidov (gismet) | 75.19 | 96.7% | 2025-02-10 |
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