Cody (cpark231)

Race #836

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Official speed 83.99 wpm (56.72 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 21, 2014 10:45:00pm UTC
Race Finish January 21, 2014 10:45:56pm UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Accuracy 94.0%
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.