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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| 32998. | SH BIPLOB (shbiplob5231) | 64.22 | 95.3% | 2024-12-29 |
| 32999. | Nick (shadow662) | 64.22 | 94% | 2012-02-26 |
| 33000. | srini (srirag100) | 64.22 | 95% | 2011-08-26 |
| 33001. | Michael (michaelm67) | 64.22 | 94% | 2017-12-01 |
| 33002. | Niel (nielo99) | 64.22 | 97% | 2016-09-23 |
| 33003. | Yux (voce) | 64.22 | 96% | 2013-01-29 |
| 33004. | smegg (smeggbrain) | 64.22 | 98% | 2012-03-19 |
| 33005. | AWP (graveyard30) | 64.22 | 91% | 2011-10-24 |
| 33006. | Free Palestine (geeoder) | 64.21 | 94% | 2023-03-18 |
| 33007. | sam1000 (sam1000) | 64.21 | 97.7% | 2025-04-02 |
| 33008. | Nate (natekkr_tt) | 64.21 | 98.1% | 2024-06-28 |
| 33009. | kirito (kirito1052) | 64.21 | 96% | 2025-06-06 |
| 33010. | Erikas (erikasallgame) | 64.21 | 94% | 2024-03-07 |
| 33011. | unvrs (unvrs) | 64.21 | 94% | 2017-08-08 |
| 33012. | Mike (mleishear23) | 64.21 | 97% | 2019-12-11 |
| 33013. | Daniel (postedwp805) | 64.21 | 91% | 2013-06-12 |
| 33014. | Grundiz (grundiz) | 64.20 | 94% | 2025-06-07 |
| 33015. | Matt (mattf) | 64.20 | — | 2011-03-22 |
| 33016. | Manas (man8style) | 64.20 | 98% | 2025-09-17 |
| 33017. | KanoKendama (kanokendama) | 64.20 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 33018. | TheROCK (yoyo453) | 64.20 | 97% | 2024-09-13 |
| 33019. | JustNazmo (justnazmo) | 64.20 | 96% | 2024-11-11 |
| 33020. | prince (arcane18) | 64.20 | 96% | 2024-06-02 |
| 33021. | phycho_the_typist (phycho_t... | 64.20 | 97% | 2025-06-22 |
| 33022. | Kamil (okka123) | 64.20 | 95.8% | 2024-01-19 |
| 33023. | hello (ajblizzard77) | 64.20 | 95.5% | 2021-01-31 |
| 33024. | Leo (ljrobispado) | 64.20 | 97% | 2018-03-07 |
| 33025. | yw (usingu) | 64.20 | 86% | 2015-09-18 |
| 33026. | Xu (starxstar) | 64.19 | 98% | 2025-04-22 |
| 33027. | Michael (mikedopanda) | 64.19 | 96% | 2025-08-21 |
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