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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| 23197. | guest (woopy) | 72.10 | 98% | 2012-11-20 |
| 23198. | Dylan (fosterdill) | 72.10 | 97% | 2013-09-08 |
| 23199. | Arnelle (arnellebalane) | 72.10 | 93% | 2015-05-01 |
| 23200. | Hardik (hkc268) | 72.09 | 97% | 2025-05-01 |
| 23201. | ethwhatsman (ethwhatsman) | 72.09 | 97.7% | 2024-02-27 |
| 23202. | Person (puppyswaqq) | 72.09 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 23203. | Dalton (dawg_d) | 72.09 | 98% | 2021-07-23 |
| 23204. | Grant (gboi881) | 72.09 | 97.5% | 2024-05-18 |
| 23205. | bruh (alexe1093) | 72.09 | 95% | 2024-05-05 |
| 23206. | Uksza (uksza) | 72.09 | 97% | 2024-09-26 |
| 23207. | Brian (cybercrimelawinph) | 72.09 | 98% | 2013-10-29 |
| 23208. | SlowMonkey (slowmonkey) | 72.08 | 97% | 2024-12-25 |
| 23209. | DataCrusader (faruzzy) | 72.08 | 97.1% | 2024-10-29 |
| 23210. | w (rednoodle) | 72.08 | 97.2% | 2023-12-01 |
| 23211. | Josemar (jos1emar) | 72.08 | 97% | 2024-05-28 |
| 23212. | BOAT (captain_boaty) | 72.08 | 96.3% | 2024-04-24 |
| 23213. | Selena (selena2fast4u) | 72.07 | 98.4% | 2025-01-09 |
| 23214. | unixpariah (unixpariah) | 72.07 | 97% | 2024-04-01 |
| 23215. | emelie (emunch7) | 72.07 | 96% | 2017-11-11 |
| 23216. | Daniel (childz) | 72.07 | 93% | 2013-06-07 |
| 23217. | Amit (amit__123) | 72.07 | 95.9% | 2023-12-10 |
| 23218. | Alec (abahrami) | 72.07 | 95% | 2017-08-05 |
| 23219. | Mike (perception) | 72.07 | 95% | 2015-07-09 |
| 23220. | Patrick (patrickstar13) | 72.07 | 93% | 2015-05-25 |
| 23221. | superomego (superomego) | 72.06 | 94.8% | 2025-03-17 |
| 23222. | dfdf (ererrew) | 72.06 | 98% | 2024-11-30 |
| 23223. | ingidi (avinashtulasi) | 72.06 | 97% | 2023-02-17 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |