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Race #144

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Official speed 108.75 wpm (43.81 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start September 20, 2018 11:44:58pm UTC
Race Finish September 20, 2018 11:45:41pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 4)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 128.69
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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.