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Race #98

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Official speed 82.78 wpm (57.55 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 29, 2019 11:04:40pm UTC
Race Finish July 29, 2019 11:05:37pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 2)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 97.95
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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.