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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| 43373. | smj (stereo_type) | 44.97 | 95% | 2024-04-28 |
| 43374. | kikiii (kikiii0625) | 44.96 | 96% | 2024-04-23 |
| 43375. | yusef (yusef159) | 44.96 | 96% | 2024-04-16 |
| 43376. | Ahmad (alharbi9979) | 44.94 | 93% | 2024-05-12 |
| 43377. | Rae (kmacc) | 44.94 | 91.5% | 2023-12-04 |
| 43378. | Duran (duran1_) | 44.93 | 94% | 2025-03-28 |
| 43379. | mustehsen (mustehsenfast) | 44.92 | 97% | 2024-10-27 |
| 43380. | Sayat (sayko05) | 44.92 | 95% | 2022-01-20 |
| 43381. | M (mostafam) | 44.92 | 95% | 2020-04-28 |
| 43382. | imran (md_imran268) | 44.92 | 93% | 2013-06-24 |
| 43383. | Milo Dino (js_sweetie_pie) | 44.91 | 95% | 2024-11-18 |
| 43384. | BaoOtakun (baootakun) | 44.91 | 93% | 2023-12-28 |
| 43385. | Optimized (notoptimized) | 44.90 | 95% | 2024-03-29 |
| 43386. | rollynmae (rollynmae26) | 44.90 | 94% | 2024-10-22 |
| 43387. | Ad (shmldb) | 44.90 | 98% | 2022-08-22 |
| 43388. | Curtis (smithhzen) | 44.90 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
| 43389. | savoeurn (savoeurn.vatt@gma... | 44.89 | 94% | 2014-06-05 |
| 43390. | rap (raprics) | 44.89 | 87% | 2013-07-22 |
| 43391. | Vân (nhvha81) | 44.87 | 96% | 2022-10-10 |
| 43392. | Magnus (sareme) | 44.87 | 89% | 2013-01-16 |
| 43393. | Thomas (t_lyhne) | 44.86 | 96% | 2022-11-30 |
| 43394. | Rachel Nguyen (rachel1701) | 44.85 | 94% | 2024-08-01 |
| 43395. | Santaigo (rinzlayer) | 44.84 | 92% | 2024-07-13 |
| 43396. | Dair Kashkaraev (9lettt3rs) | 44.84 | 94.1% | 2024-10-10 |
| 43397. | haffy (haffy_1) | 44.84 | 94.1% | 2024-07-21 |
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