Mindblowing Energy Use in Today’s Food Economy

In 1940 one calorie of energy produced 2.3 calories of food.

Today it takes 10 calories of energy to produce a single calorie of food at a commercial supermarket.

What could we do with all of that extra energy being wasted?

Source - Foodlinks America, March 13th 2009.
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