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.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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28126. | Hieu (lehieu76) | 55.38 | — | 2010-09-30 |
28127. | Sajjad Ali (a_sajjad_72) | 55.37 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
28128. | Louis (marstosirius) | 55.37 | 97.1% | 2023-12-08 |
28129. | Zhengyang (mmm_jerome) | 55.37 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
28130. | Youssef (iiyusuf) | 55.37 | 94.5% | 2023-12-28 |
28131. | Michael (tomisfat) | 55.37 | 92% | 2012-08-23 |
28132. | jasmine (chandani) | 55.37 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
28133. | fahis (fahis) | 55.36 | 96.8% | 2023-12-24 |
28134. | Carl (imcarll) | 55.36 | 93% | 2023-12-09 |
28135. | bigwayv (bigwayv) | 55.36 | 97% | 2020-07-01 |
28136. | Bishal (subbabishalfrombhutan) | 55.36 | 100% | 2024-01-05 |
28137. | Andrew (poor_hobo) | 55.36 | 96% | 2021-01-26 |
28138. | Jkyl (jkyl) | 55.35 | 95.2% | 2023-11-25 |
28139. | Andrew (android2102) | 55.35 | 92% | 2015-04-27 |
28140. | kyandiman (kyandiman) | 55.34 | 95% | 2024-02-17 |
28141. | LastSlice (cezara) | 55.34 | 97% | 2021-08-11 |
28142. | ARK (arkt1c) | 55.33 | 97.4% | 2024-01-03 |
28143. | Andrew (atwilson0729) | 55.33 | 93% | 2015-05-15 |
28144. | christian (christmarku) | 55.32 | 95% | 2023-12-30 |
28145. | Dylan (bigdickdoaz) | 55.32 | 95% | 2020-12-24 |
28146. | Lycentzia (lycentzia) | 55.32 | 97% | 2017-11-13 |
28147. | Bart (bartv) | 55.32 | 95% | 2013-09-19 |
28148. | Peter (p.czigany@gmail.com) | 55.32 | 98% | 2014-11-26 |
28149. | DrunkDeth (drunkdeth) | 55.31 | 94% | 2024-04-12 |
28150. | Brianna (yoongi534_) | 55.31 | 96% | 2024-03-11 |
28151. | Andrey (andreikav) | 55.31 | 97% | 2023-08-20 |
28152. | Chanokchon (mantarays) | 55.31 | 95% | 2022-01-27 |
28153. | Bibek (bbekdaiek88) | 55.31 | 97% | 2020-12-23 |
28154. | Rob (ebqs) | 55.30 | 94% | 2024-05-20 |
28155. | Stebla (yama_ste) | 55.30 | 93% | 2015-01-21 |
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Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |