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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| 38573. | chotu (rishavkumar43) | 53.34 | 97% | 2025-01-03 |
| 38574. | Aashirvad Jaiswal (aashirva... | 53.34 | 96.1% | 2025-01-10 |
| 38575. | 8N (_8n_) | 53.34 | 93% | 2022-03-04 |
| 38576. | ben (peterpumpkineater96) | 53.34 | 95% | 2024-12-06 |
| 38577. | James (watashiii) | 53.34 | 94.8% | 2024-01-20 |
| 38578. | Omega (likeyouknow) | 53.34 | 95.6% | 2024-10-29 |
| 38579. | Ajitesh (adji2057) | 53.33 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
| 38580. | thanh (greenriver) | 53.33 | — | 2010-12-13 |
| 38581. | Brian (patsby) | 53.33 | 93% | 2014-04-16 |
| 38582. | Joshtopher (joshtopher) | 53.33 | 94% | 2016-08-12 |
| 38583. | Narmatha (matha1106) | 53.32 | 96.8% | 2025-04-03 |
| 38584. | Bobbo (bobboonthecobbo) | 53.32 | 95% | 2024-05-12 |
| 38585. | Droprain (droprain) | 53.32 | 95.1% | 2024-02-17 |
| 38586. | Matt (mdcfalcon) | 53.32 | 95% | 2016-08-24 |
| 38587. | paul (paulzzzz) | 53.32 | 96% | 2015-11-30 |
| 38588. | Jope (jope) | 53.32 | 92.3% | 2024-01-25 |
| 38589. | Dishant (_d_e_v_i_l_) | 53.31 | 96.8% | 2024-09-08 |
| 38590. | rosa (heftsiba) | 53.31 | 97% | 2025-03-24 |
| 38591. | rosemoon (therosemoon) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-05-07 |
| 38592. | minhaz (minhazm) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-12-15 |
| 38593. | chintan (00chintan00) | 53.31 | 94% | 2024-03-18 |
| 38594. | zura (madafaq) | 53.31 | 96% | 2024-08-10 |
| 38595. | Free Palestine (ahmedhosni) | 53.31 | 94.4% | 2024-05-30 |
| 38596. | Robert (robertmhf) | 53.31 | 95% | 2013-01-03 |
| 38597. | linkerl (linkerl) | 53.30 | 99% | 2024-07-19 |
| 38598. | Praveen (praveenkj) | 53.30 | 96% | 2016-12-23 |
| 38599. | zoomy (zoomypenguin) | 53.30 | 95% | 2024-04-17 |
| 38600. | airil (airilsra) | 53.30 | 97% | 2017-09-15 |
| 38601. | Van (vanradius) | 53.30 | 95% | 2022-02-14 |
| 38602. | Simon (neoneye2) | 53.30 | 96.7% | 2023-12-26 |
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