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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29104. | PatrickSVM (patrick_svm) | 53.01 | 95% | 2023-12-18 |
29105. | Temirlan (bthero) | 53.01 | 93% | 2016-11-18 |
29106. | Mohammed (drmfmsa) | 53.01 | 87% | 2012-08-04 |
29107. | Jag (jag02) | 53.01 | — | 2010-06-09 |
29108. | Gorod Krovi (ch3wy) | 53.00 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
29109. | Paul (paulm_drive) | 53.00 | 98% | 2014-02-22 |
29110. | Vuong (alamin) | 53.00 | — | 2010-06-22 |
29111. | Emily (emi1ly7) | 52.99 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
29112. | Meta (meta_x0) | 52.99 | 96.5% | 2023-12-16 |
29113. | Marc (marcssayan) | 52.99 | 95% | 2014-10-20 |
29114. | Madhu (mathumathik) | 52.99 | 94% | 2017-06-07 |
29115. | Jose (zense21) | 52.98 | 93% | 2020-05-25 |
29116. | Jared (oranged97939) | 52.98 | 86% | 2012-10-13 |
29117. | Rajendra (rkarki42) | 52.98 | 98% | 2011-11-22 |
29118. | Daniel (jakab922) | 52.98 | 95% | 2011-08-04 |
29119. | 心 (eltnegnam) | 52.98 | 94% | 2012-01-15 |
29120. | Valery Vorobev (few_) | 52.97 | 96.8% | 2024-04-01 |
29121. | MYTE (myte) | 52.97 | 96% | 2023-02-15 |
29122. | gerry (gsihaj5) | 52.97 | 92% | 2016-08-07 |
29123. | kjm9198 (kgm9198) | 52.97 | 96% | 2021-02-08 |
29124. | porphyrogennetos (porphyrog... | 52.97 | 97% | 2022-07-13 |
29125. | even (lik141) | 52.97 | 98% | 2017-07-08 |
29126. | Suprov (s_uprov) | 52.96 | 92% | 2024-03-29 |
29127. | noob (miemypark) | 52.96 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
29128. | sessiz (yamukklavye) | 52.96 | 94% | 2023-12-10 |
29129. | Hap (hapyv) | 52.96 | 95% | 2016-04-13 |
29130. | pelfra_colemak (pelfra_cole... | 52.96 | 94% | 2014-09-03 |
29131. | King JF (foongtastic) | 52.95 | 95% | 2021-12-03 |
29132. | Nicelec (nicelec) | 52.94 | 98% | 2024-04-16 |
29133. | GolferGeek (golfer_geek) | 52.94 | 96% | 2023-11-15 |
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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 |