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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11968. | jack (suckyourmum2021) | 83.00 | 95.3% | 2024-06-05 |
11969. | Joe (fireflygrave) | 83.00 | 98% | 2024-03-06 |
11970. | Nathan (enzo024) | 83.00 | 92% | 2013-12-05 |
11971. | Simon (ario147) | 83.00 | 97% | 2016-01-13 |
11972. | Andrew (buttmann64) | 83.00 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
11973. | Brandnorth (brandnorth) | 82.99 | 98% | 2021-05-06 |
11974. | CurryEater (curryeater) | 82.99 | 96% | 2020-09-07 |
11975. | Kiran (kkdatkiran) | 82.99 | 98% | 2024-01-24 |
11976. | Jermy (grandmastafunk) | 82.99 | 93% | 2015-04-01 |
11977. | Kaushik (kaushik_nna) | 82.99 | 97% | 2021-06-22 |
11978. | NeumnoTele (neumnotele) | 82.99 | 97.7% | 2023-12-09 |
11979. | Dingli (dinglichao) | 82.99 | 98% | 2019-01-18 |
11980. | Life (f_m_l) | 82.99 | 89% | 2011-11-10 |
11981. | Sherman (shemsan) | 82.98 | 94% | 2012-03-24 |
11982. | C (easywincg) | 82.98 | 97% | 2021-09-20 |
11983. | Alex (typh0n) | 82.98 | 97% | 2023-01-31 |
11984. | Ben (bensnake) | 82.97 | 97% | 2021-07-10 |
11985. | J (jerrrybeansman) | 82.97 | 97% | 2019-08-31 |
11986. | cius (cius1) | 82.97 | 97% | 2023-08-24 |
11987. | E (phillipcool127) | 82.96 | 96.3% | 2023-11-29 |
11988. | Karl (relentlesstyper) | 82.96 | 98% | 2021-11-07 |
11989. | Henry (dreamej) | 82.96 | 96% | 2018-08-01 |
11990. | shahbaz (shahbaz_kazi09) | 82.96 | 98% | 2019-03-06 |
11991. | DrApe (howardshan) | 82.95 | 96% | 2014-05-14 |
11992. | Kyan (naykworb) | 82.95 | 98% | 2021-06-06 |
11993. | mav (maverror) | 82.95 | 95% | 2021-02-22 |
11994. | Arshad (marshadalimughal@gm... | 82.95 | 97% | 2012-01-13 |
11995. | JoJo (jojofox) | 82.95 | 88% | 2014-10-16 |
11996. | Tyler (foreign_man_23) | 82.95 | 92% | 2013-11-28 |
11997. | eZson (foliuss) | 82.94 | 94% | 2011-12-07 |
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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 |