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Racer Tenacious (tenacious_team)
Race Number 12
Date Sat, 15 Mar 2025 4:46:43
Speed 45 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 95.1%
Rank 2nd place (out of 3)

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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.
— The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (book) by Michael Pollan (see stats)

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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.
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