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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| 17918. | Nicholas TenBroeck (ultvanq... | 78.19 | 98% | 2024-04-17 |
| 17919. | hi (bleuwhite) | 78.19 | 97% | 2023-08-31 |
| 17920. | Gean (geanfirst) | 78.19 | 98% | 2024-04-24 |
| 17921. | Seth (kierlol) | 78.19 | 96% | 2025-03-27 |
| 17922. | Yuval (yuvalsaricov) | 78.19 | 96% | 2023-06-13 |
| 17923. | Tommy (treemantom) | 78.19 | 98% | 2022-10-06 |
| 17924. | Kilanater7 (_kairu_) | 78.19 | 97% | 2021-02-21 |
| 17925. | JG (j32587) | 78.18 | 96.4% | 2024-11-26 |
| 17926. | JJ (jorhedpedkai) | 78.18 | 96% | 2024-09-11 |
| 17927. | Carlos Robles (carlangas1337) | 78.18 | 96.5% | 2024-09-02 |
| 17928. | Jack (jackshum) | 78.18 | 97% | 2024-04-24 |
| 17929. | scoli (scoli) | 78.18 | 98% | 2024-01-22 |
| 17930. | okita (okitawashere) | 78.18 | 97% | 2024-01-07 |
| 17931. | kekw (propann) | 78.18 | 97% | 2019-06-30 |
| 17932. | Andrej (apalias) | 78.18 | 97% | 2021-01-05 |
| 17933. | Brandon (brandstand) | 78.18 | 98% | 2013-09-12 |
| 17934. | Elizabeth (downbeat) | 78.17 | 98% | 2021-08-14 |
| 17935. | vduodecim (vduodecim) | 78.17 | 96% | 2024-05-22 |
| 17936. | Ashkan (ashkanmahdavi65) | 78.17 | 97.7% | 2025-02-07 |
| 17937. | Oscar (phyrigian) | 78.17 | 90% | 2013-07-06 |
| 17938. | NyguhBoo (nyguhboo) | 78.17 | 96% | 2024-06-27 |
| 17939. | Mark (msg0192) | 78.17 | 96% | 2017-01-12 |
| 17940. | Nick (crimzynn) | 78.17 | 98% | 2019-10-26 |
| 17941. | Ivan (agrus) | 78.17 | 98% | 2018-06-12 |
| 17942. | Ethan (creamthehippo) | 78.16 | 97% | 2024-10-25 |
| 17943. | Bishwo (b_so) | 78.16 | 98.1% | 2024-05-07 |
| 17944. | cominginhotdog (danhan1234) | 78.16 | 95.9% | 2023-11-04 |
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