Luke (lhauflin)

Race #1769

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Official speed 56.04 wpm (85.01 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 7, 2013 6:41:59pm UTC
Race Finish March 7, 2013 6:43:24pm UTC
Outcome No win (4 of 5)
Opponents 3. feliciay99 (66.07 wpm)
Accuracy 90.0%
Points 0.00
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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.