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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28529. | عفاف (afafemad187) | 55.18 | 97% | 2023-09-29 |
28530. | Tazeem (tazeem) | 55.18 | 93% | 2016-06-09 |
28531. | Loafie (loafie) | 55.18 | 94% | 2015-07-04 |
28532. | Agnes (lem123) | 55.18 | 99% | 2019-10-02 |
28533. | Linn (merlinn) | 55.17 | 96% | 2024-04-16 |
28534. | Joey (donkeysyrup21) | 55.17 | 96% | 2024-01-27 |
28535. | Mohammad (mohammadimami) | 55.17 | 95% | 2023-07-08 |
28536. | Duyvl (binj) | 55.16 | 93% | 2013-06-11 |
28537. | Matt (matthewsfanclub) | 55.16 | 89% | 2017-02-13 |
28538. | monthan (monthan) | 55.15 | 93.8% | 2024-04-12 |
28539. | Andrej (keydura) | 55.15 | 95% | 2013-03-22 |
28540. | Mithun (mithunchandra) | 55.15 | 97% | 2020-08-05 |
28541. | Suzanne (sedorman) | 55.15 | 91% | 2013-01-17 |
28542. | Tomáš (tomashavlasek) | 55.14 | 96% | 2024-05-21 |
28543. | LazyKnight (lazyknight) | 55.14 | 94% | 2020-10-07 |
28544. | beb (frgrgfrdf) | 55.14 | 97% | 2015-08-26 |
28545. | BUTTER FINGERS (pbutterfing... | 55.13 | 95% | 2024-03-31 |
28546. | Neil (bryan_19) | 55.13 | 95% | 2023-11-30 |
28547. | ameen (wisdommonke) | 55.13 | 94% | 2021-08-23 |
28548. | Mizzark (mizzark54) | 55.13 | 93% | 2014-09-20 |
28549. | Dx†R (dxtr112591) | 55.13 | 88% | 2015-01-26 |
28550. | Bill (maderwc) | 55.13 | 96% | 2013-08-12 |
28551. | Hain (crosstoon) | 55.13 | 94% | 2013-01-01 |
28552. | CodyP (suspicious_clam) | 55.12 | 94% | 2024-01-09 |
28553. | Amr (jaaba) | 55.12 | 96.8% | 2024-01-08 |
28554. | Dmitry (radost_bitija) | 55.12 | 95% | 2024-04-02 |
28555. | Keely (ladysongbird) | 55.12 | — | 2011-02-05 |
28556. | Alex (esquiaqui) | 55.11 | 94% | 2023-09-06 |
28557. | catalin (q0werty) | 55.11 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
28558. | Surajit (surajit) | 55.11 | 98% | 2017-07-24 |
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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 |