Y (tomfoolery42)

Race #4956

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Official speed 124.66 wpm (38.22 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 9, 2020 2:48:41pm UTC
Race Finish January 9, 2020 2:49:20pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 3)
Opponents 2. an66atwork (94.29 wpm)
3. chuckey (66.82 wpm)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 147.51
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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.