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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| 31953. | Isroilbek (_silence_) | 64.12 | 96% | 2024-01-01 |
| 31954. | ahmed (anwer1982) | 64.12 | 98.8% | 2024-10-27 |
| 31955. | Jake (mightbejake) | 64.12 | 95% | 2023-12-15 |
| 31956. | Tonmoy (ah_tonmoy) | 64.12 | 96% | 2025-03-17 |
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| 31958. | Nate (naterj) | 64.12 | 96% | 2012-09-09 |
| 31959. | LAZER (lazerlarz) | 64.12 | 94% | 2015-07-15 |
| 31960. | Woraphol (woraphol) | 64.12 | 93% | 2016-12-24 |
| 31961. | Sayed Soroush (s_hashemi) | 64.12 | 95% | 2017-06-27 |
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