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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| 20940. | Chris (ctmfrs) | 75.19 | 91% | 2013-10-23 |
| 20941. | Tony (bak2r) | 75.19 | 96% | 2018-09-05 |
| 20942. | Kevin (vin15) | 75.19 | — | 2010-11-16 |
| 20943. | Jan (robinsonian) | 75.19 | 90% | 2012-11-17 |
| 20944. | Christina (peanut0718) | 75.19 | 98% | 2019-03-22 |
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| 20947. | Max (evoctus) | 75.18 | 95% | 2019-11-13 |
| 20948. | Nova (nova_007) | 75.18 | 97% | 2025-04-03 |
| 20949. | John (jsnm59) | 75.18 | 96% | 2012-01-02 |
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| 20951. | Herman (hermantam) | 75.18 | 96% | 2018-06-23 |
| 20952. | Wenny (wenny_) | 75.18 | 99% | 2019-04-17 |
| 20953. | Natapon (tetracarboxylic) | 75.18 | 96% | 2018-08-18 |
| 20954. | Koji (kdijkwel) | 75.18 | 94% | 2013-08-15 |
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