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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| 30317. | wonstar (won808) | 65.01 | 97% | 2021-01-10 |
| 30318. | Veljko (veljko1231) | 65.01 | 96% | 2024-01-29 |
| 30319. | Carbonat (typinator430) | 65.01 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
| 30320. | Nolan (nolangreub) | 65.01 | 94% | 2020-05-25 |
| 30321. | Jo Reynold (joreynold182) | 65.01 | 94% | 2012-04-13 |
| 30322. | Alex (aescareno) | 65.01 | 96% | 2013-03-21 |
| 30323. | Marc (marco_bitz) | 65.01 | 93% | 2016-01-31 |
| 30324. | Ewa (ouifumertue) | 65.01 | 97% | 2014-07-02 |
| 30325. | Shraori (shraori) | 65.00 | 98% | 2025-01-22 |
| 30326. | Buttered Noodles (butteredn... | 65.00 | 96.5% | 2024-10-07 |
| 30327. | Abbek (abbek) | 65.00 | 94% | 2024-12-17 |
| 30328. | TTTT (aa7608327) | 65.00 | 98% | 2024-04-04 |
| 30329. | Word-Eater: Devourer of Lit... | 65.00 | 95% | 2024-01-15 |
| 30330. | nemo (_nemo) | 65.00 | 94% | 2023-08-24 |
| 30331. | Filip (t1lt) | 65.00 | 94% | 2017-10-16 |
| 30332. | Ashish (asis) | 65.00 | 93% | 2014-10-21 |
| 30333. | Ed (em282981) | 64.99 | 95% | 2024-03-04 |
| 30334. | Chris (chriscole21) | 64.99 | 94% | 2020-05-31 |
| 30335. | Ashraful (the_mover) | 64.99 | 97% | 2024-10-23 |
| 30336. | Mark (markooo777) | 64.99 | 96% | 2024-02-28 |
| 30337. | Arnav (phoenixcrusher369) | 64.99 | 95% | 2020-01-19 |
| 30338. | Thanasis (vidani) | 64.99 | 95% | 2024-11-05 |
| 30339. | GK84 (nematomasis) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-30 |
| 30340. | sam (sambruh) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-04-09 |
| 30341. | dirtydan (dirtyjdan) | 64.99 | 98% | 2020-09-20 |
| 30342. | subham (subhamrawat) | 64.99 | 97% | 2021-07-09 |
| 30343. | Matthew (mattisdabomb77) | 64.99 | 96% | 2021-03-18 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |