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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| 20031. | Gloomshadow (gloomshadow) | 76.68 | 88% | 2012-03-15 |
| 20032. | Test.Subject.001 (testsubje... | 76.68 | 94% | 2023-02-06 |
| 20033. | Hazel (gho5t) | 76.68 | 98% | 2023-12-16 |
| 20034. | Harrison (ginganinja0414) | 76.68 | 97% | 2022-09-09 |
| 20035. | Jason (the_xie_2) | 76.68 | — | 2011-01-02 |
| 20036. | Matthew (sendaii) | 76.68 | 93% | 2014-06-10 |
| 20037. | Donica (houndmancl) | 76.68 | 95% | 2013-03-24 |
| 20038. | Puttipong (pailnwko) | 76.67 | 96% | 2024-09-26 |
| 20039. | uferi (uferi) | 76.67 | 98.3% | 2024-06-25 |
| 20040. | RyanNXD0120 (xuanduy1269) | 76.67 | 95% | 2019-07-22 |
| 20041. | Lenchog (lenchog0939) | 76.66 | 96.9% | 2024-12-14 |
| 20042. | Kevin (kdizzle012) | 76.66 | 97% | 2016-12-28 |
| 20043. | Danny (dannyemad) | 76.66 | 97% | 2021-06-27 |
| 20044. | Tellenar (tellenar) | 76.66 | 98% | 2021-05-04 |
| 20045. | . (kevinkore3) | 76.66 | 94% | 2012-11-22 |
| 20046. | Daniel (dariddler) | 76.66 | 90% | 2015-03-09 |
| 20047. | Jackson (giraffejackson) | 76.65 | 96% | 2024-02-28 |
| 20048. | jabroski (ritzuu) | 76.65 | 96% | 2024-10-31 |
| 20049. | Smash (smash45) | 76.65 | 98% | 2023-02-06 |
| 20050. | EvoQuester (evoquester) | 76.65 | 97.3% | 2023-12-26 |
| 20051. | Martin (therealmartin) | 76.65 | 96% | 2020-03-11 |
| 20052. | Andrew (zmeya26) | 76.65 | 95% | 2015-01-06 |
| 20053. | Jenny (wombatpoo) | 76.65 | 95% | 2021-07-18 |
| 20054. | High (highbeach) | 76.65 | 96% | 2024-03-07 |
| 20055. | ナッティ (nutty7t) | 76.65 | 96% | 2021-03-28 |
| 20056. | Andrew (trazer) | 76.65 | 97% | 2016-08-01 |
| 20057. | Stan (stanzinat0r) | 76.65 | 97% | 2017-06-21 |
| 20058. | sairas (cyrussairas) | 76.64 | 96.1% | 2024-11-06 |
| 20059. | Andrzej (andredo1) | 76.64 | 96% | 2024-09-20 |
| 20060. | aaa (aaaaaaaa__) | 76.64 | 97% | 2024-07-10 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |