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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| 24366. | Tej (terrific_typer) | 70.51 | 98% | 2024-11-07 |
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| 24368. | Ryan (eggsick) | 70.51 | 97% | 2020-06-16 |
| 24369. | Owen (opio2000) | 70.51 | 97% | 2016-03-17 |
| 24370. | Nisan (thevidya) | 70.51 | 95% | 2013-12-23 |
| 24371. | Tobias (sloddervos) | 70.51 | 94% | 2013-10-09 |
| 24372. | spwx (spwx) | 70.50 | 98% | 2024-04-28 |
| 24373. | my hands in (ezylynn) | 70.50 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
| 24374. | Jocelin (joc9874) | 70.50 | 97.2% | 2024-05-24 |
| 24375. | Ray (teraa) | 70.50 | 92% | 2015-08-19 |
| 24376. | Seth (freakinwicked) | 70.50 | 96% | 2018-04-16 |
| 24377. | Toby (tobypls) | 70.50 | 92% | 2017-01-30 |
| 24378. | Iain (speedytype) | 70.50 | 92% | 2012-02-29 |
| 24379. | Randy (lpcustom) | 70.50 | 93% | 2013-07-14 |
| 24380. | Dimitris (generaldido) | 70.50 | 96% | 2014-10-23 |
| 24381. | Sebastian (sebv11) | 70.49 | 96.3% | 2024-12-02 |
| 24382. | HuginnM (konntroler) | 70.49 | 97.1% | 2024-10-18 |
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