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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| 38497. | Romit (junior12345) | 55.42 | 98% | 2021-06-16 |
| 38498. | Johnny (johnchan215) | 55.42 | 91% | 2013-04-17 |
| 38499. | NK (waone88) | 55.42 | 93% | 2013-03-26 |
| 38500. | Gary (unclegary) | 55.42 | 94% | 2014-09-15 |
| 38501. | Maddy (monkeytoes2) | 55.42 | 94% | 2012-01-13 |
| 38502. | type (johnnjuki) | 55.41 | 96% | 2023-07-04 |
| 38503. | Mr Tristan Ellis (tellis_1) | 55.41 | 96% | 2024-07-29 |
| 38504. | MJ (munkhjavkhlan_23) | 55.41 | 95% | 2025-04-04 |
| 38505. | Jay (jayten010) | 55.41 | 97% | 2021-07-25 |
| 38506. | vvy (vvyogi) | 55.41 | 96% | 2024-04-15 |
| 38507. | swj (stushhy) | 55.41 | 95% | 2024-01-09 |
| 38508. | Rajon (rajon_) | 55.41 | 97% | 2023-11-19 |
| 38509. | Typooker_ (typooking) | 55.41 | 95% | 2023-11-22 |
| 38510. | chetan (rockspeed) | 55.41 | 90% | 2013-11-19 |
| 38511. | ritesh (ritesht120) | 55.41 | 94% | 2012-01-24 |
| 38512. | Dmitriy (deemiler) | 55.41 | 91% | 2011-09-04 |
| 38513. | HorlChhen (horlchhen) | 55.40 | 95% | 2024-03-07 |
| 38514. | brandon (drunbin) | 55.40 | 95% | 2020-05-07 |
| 38515. | Nikhil Dintakurthi (nikhii_18) | 55.40 | 95% | 2024-04-24 |
| 38516. | sat (sat128) | 55.40 | 96.6% | 2023-12-03 |
| 38517. | Chapri 👛👛 (sunilswain) | 55.40 | 95% | 2021-09-06 |
| 38518. | zhang (zhangjvv) | 55.40 | 91% | 2016-09-11 |
| 38519. | yasmin (yazz_sally_) | 55.39 | 94% | 2023-08-03 |
| 38520. | Htgan (htgan) | 55.39 | 96% | 2014-05-09 |
| 38521. | Pavel (pmakarov) | 55.39 | 96% | 2023-03-13 |
| 38522. | oleh (obaranovskyi) | 55.39 | 97% | 2024-06-28 |
| 38523. | manoj (mjbx) | 55.39 | 95.7% | 2025-01-18 |
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