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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| 40161. | ur mother (eat_dust1234) | 52.90 | 97.3% | 2024-10-14 |
| 40162. | Faisal AlKhamis (_5amis_) | 52.90 | 95% | 2024-02-15 |
| 40163. | Jack (jhudson85) | 52.90 | 97% | 2017-09-08 |
| 40164. | Fi (rocafili) | 52.90 | 95% | 2016-03-04 |
| 40165. | Ryan (rmms) | 52.89 | 98% | 2025-05-31 |
| 40166. | Ugzug (ugzug) | 52.89 | 94.9% | 2025-05-31 |
| 40167. | Davin (daboon) | 52.89 | 96% | 2023-07-15 |
| 40168. | Odeh John (fabulouschi) | 52.89 | 95.3% | 2023-12-07 |
| 40169. | Kyle (kylej88) | 52.89 | 98% | 2013-11-25 |
| 40170. | Nene (nenepakande) | 52.89 | 96% | 2011-12-06 |
| 40171. | Pranav Srinivas (pranav14) | 52.88 | 96.5% | 2025-01-03 |
| 40172. | amihan.sora (robunquin) | 52.88 | 93.9% | 2024-12-26 |
| 40173. | julia (juliapidgeon) | 52.88 | 94% | 2022-11-09 |
| 40174. | Menura Arapaksha (mello348) | 52.88 | 94% | 2024-04-16 |
| 40175. | Damián (banana_joe01) | 52.88 | 94% | 2022-02-05 |
| 40176. | Maggie (maggie.spence@sbcgl... | 52.88 | — | 2010-08-29 |
| 40177. | Peter (qwertyface) | 52.87 | 96% | 2025-01-30 |
| 40178. | Jdan (mikey112) | 52.87 | 96% | 2022-05-13 |
| 40179. | Rashid Zada (rashidzada) | 52.87 | 97% | 2025-02-10 |
| 40180. | jazz (jazzhand) | 52.87 | 95% | 2023-03-17 |
| 40181. | hai (ooringoo) | 52.87 | — | 2010-11-26 |
| 40182. | H (pantsworth) | 52.87 | 96% | 2016-06-01 |
| 40183. | Melissa (bassoonenough) | 52.87 | 93% | 2014-11-01 |
| 40184. | ys (sherm10) | 52.86 | 94% | 2024-07-25 |
| 40185. | Tarun (tarun6119) | 52.86 | 96.6% | 2025-01-16 |
| 40186. | tedjy (thedinosurvivor) | 52.86 | 97.3% | 2024-06-10 |
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| 40190. | DAYEETINATOR (da_yeetinator) | 52.85 | 96% | 2024-10-06 |
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