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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28293. | Gretchen (goslund) | 55.51 | — | 2010-12-10 |
28294. | Kirubaraj (kirubaraj) | 55.50 | 95% | 2023-05-13 |
28295. | T100 dvorak (chris_dvorak) | 55.50 | 93% | 2022-09-11 |
28296. | sk (skboy37) | 55.50 | 92% | 2012-11-10 |
28297. | srijan (srijan10_01) | 55.49 | 95% | 2023-07-06 |
28298. | allan byaruhanga (allantheg... | 55.49 | 97% | 2023-08-18 |
28299. | grzybobi (grzybobi) | 55.49 | 96% | 2020-05-29 |
28300. | Dennis (hexident) | 55.49 | 93% | 2012-11-07 |
28301. | Sandy28 (citojunior23) | 55.49 | 96% | 2017-06-30 |
28302. | Edwin (biggchinoxxl) | 55.48 | 93% | 2016-09-19 |
28303. | Indian (shadda278) | 55.48 | 95% | 2023-12-21 |
28304. | ahmed (ahmedelhawary1) | 55.48 | 97% | 2021-05-01 |
28305. | Dang Khoa (khoa1912) | 55.48 | 92% | 2013-02-27 |
28306. | sheetal (ssheetal80) | 55.48 | 94% | 2011-06-27 |
28307. | Enrico (enrico10) | 55.48 | 93% | 2016-03-03 |
28308. | Caity ✨ (caity_g) | 55.48 | 95% | 2020-02-21 |
28309. | Ullash (ullash2_0) | 55.47 | 97% | 2024-02-04 |
28310. | D (dabirik) | 55.47 | 94% | 2021-04-28 |
28311. | Learning Dvorak (dvorakdude) | 55.47 | 93% | 2014-08-08 |
28312. | Jordan (peanut81494) | 55.47 | 95% | 2014-01-28 |
28313. | Matan (matansel) | 55.47 | 95% | 2017-04-28 |
28314. | BotRazmic (botrazmic) | 55.47 | 93% | 2016-11-09 |
28315. | INeverCanRelax (inevercanre... | 55.46 | 96% | 2024-01-24 |
28316. | Chittaranjan pradhan (chitta) | 55.46 | 97% | 2023-09-16 |
28317. | J (leathface23) | 55.46 | 96% | 2021-11-05 |
28318. | Ole Andreas (leoxale) | 55.46 | 97% | 2021-01-29 |
28319. | Ankit (ankits) | 55.46 | 95% | 2016-09-25 |
28320. | Sudi (sudiology) | 55.45 | 97% | 2024-05-15 |
28321. | Yicheng (bayigo) | 55.45 | 95% | 2023-07-21 |
28322. | Phy (phycosmos) | 55.45 | 92% | 2013-07-29 |
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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 |