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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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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21. | Nicolas (nicovercesi) | 87.39 | — | 2010-08-09 |
22. | l (coolwanglu) | 87.20 | 100% | 2013-06-05 |
23. | Ioana (yamayama) | 81.86 | 100% | 2012-06-21 |
24. | Veloz (amontoy5) | 80.99 | 100% | 2015-12-07 |
25. | ..... (fourshade) | 79.80 | 100% | 2011-05-11 |
26. | mairzydoats_mason (mairzydo... | 76.89 | 100% | 2016-07-03 |
27. | DeeDee (deedee09) | 73.60 | 100% | 2012-02-09 |
28. | NikiAtom (4beth_esda) | 72.21 | 100% | 2018-05-01 |
29. | michael (michaelarruda) | 69.68 | 100% | 2018-09-10 |
30. | Cian (lagnic) | 67.92 | 100% | 2017-05-02 |
31. | KK (kk123456) | 67.38 | 100% | 2013-06-02 |
32. | Andres (andres96) | 65.41 | 100% | 2015-11-17 |
33. | Sean (rrshift) | 63.98 | 100% | 2014-02-27 |
34. | Semyon (saymon211) | 59.53 | 100% | 2020-07-27 |
35. | fonzkji (fonzkji) | 57.76 | 100% | 2011-10-16 |
36. | dex (sgtkabukiman) | 55.92 | 100% | 2013-07-15 |
37. | ac (dvorak_learner) | 54.96 | 100% | 2013-09-18 |
38. | RKT (fastestspeed) | 54.84 | 100% | 2012-08-20 |
39. | Durim (dura007k) | 52.56 | 100% | 2014-10-20 |
40. | hello (101_hallelujah_101) | 48.50 | 100% | 2012-06-02 |
41. | Twirkin Meerkat (ochu) | 45.78 | 100% | 2011-09-26 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
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 |