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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28765. | Phantom (dactue1006) | 53.76 | 97% | 2018-01-22 |
28766. | Andres Heredia (andresyapem... | 53.75 | 95% | 2024-04-02 |
28767. | Kudo (kudospade69) | 53.75 | 94% | 2022-05-31 |
28768. | LOKESH T (lokesh_gnanam) | 53.75 | 96% | 2024-03-01 |
28769. | Machi(ง ° ͜ ʖ °)ง (... | 53.75 | 94% | 2015-02-11 |
28770. | jjohn (jjohn2) | 53.75 | 95% | 2024-04-20 |
28771. | Amit shah (gurjeets) | 53.75 | 92% | 2014-10-01 |
28772. | Stefani (st3fani) | 53.74 | 95% | 2022-07-09 |
28773. | Damien (damien_types) | 53.74 | 95.6% | 2023-12-28 |
28774. | GodZhere (godzhere) | 53.74 | 95.5% | 2023-10-03 |
28775. | Nokzendi (nokzendi) | 53.74 | 94% | 2021-03-06 |
28776. | PtmCn (most6678) | 53.74 | 96% | 2020-11-04 |
28777. | Ashuran (ashuran) | 53.74 | 95% | 2012-07-25 |
28778. | Pablo Palou (pablitopaloutdm) | 53.73 | 96% | 2022-05-05 |
28779. | ABCD (x007) | 53.73 | 97% | 2016-09-30 |
28780. | Francisco (pile) | 53.73 | — | 2010-11-25 |
28781. | Oops (oopsspaghetti) | 53.72 | 92% | 2022-11-21 |
28782. | UNEMPLOYED (keshav_) | 53.72 | 96% | 2024-03-22 |
28783. | Rohit (rmguttal) | 53.72 | 89% | 2014-10-01 |
28784. | Aaron (a_a_ron7) | 53.71 | 95% | 2024-04-25 |
28785. | Jose Nestor (dealwithjay) | 53.71 | 96% | 2018-06-09 |
28786. | joshido (joshido) | 53.71 | 97% | 2019-05-08 |
28787. | Anh (tienanh) | 53.71 | 95% | 2013-10-14 |
28788. | Lia (lia_claudia) | 53.70 | 94% | 2015-03-13 |
28789. | Vignesh (avkvignesh) | 53.69 | 95% | 2016-08-09 |
28790. | easing (easingz) | 53.68 | 94% | 2016-10-10 |
28791. | Mis94 (mis94) | 53.68 | 95% | 2015-01-03 |
28792. | Colin (3geosyog) | 53.68 | 97% | 2019-04-01 |
28793. | Ian (ani100) | 53.68 | 89% | 2014-11-17 |
28794. | Elie (iceworld) | 53.67 | 97% | 2018-07-24 |
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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 |