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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14555. | aeouaoeu (slow_guy) | 78.28 | 96% | 2016-09-08 |
14556. | daniel (dannym91) | 78.28 | 96% | 2011-11-24 |
14557. | Sourav (yashsaha555) | 78.27 | 97.5% | 2024-02-24 |
14558. | Mario (siftage) | 78.27 | 95% | 2023-05-29 |
14559. | Jaswinder (jaswinder1997) | 78.27 | 97% | 2023-05-22 |
14560. | IChun (lighttodie) | 78.27 | 95% | 2021-01-07 |
14561. | Candice (cc_1217) | 78.27 | 96% | 2014-09-08 |
14562. | Tyler (zerio) | 78.26 | 94% | 2013-05-30 |
14563. | Daniel (kimster773) | 78.26 | 95% | 2021-03-14 |
14564. | ZorPieu_FoXXRay-HKM-37 (pet... | 78.26 | 97.4% | 2021-02-05 |
14565. | lexyum (lexyum) | 78.26 | 97% | 2016-12-05 |
14566. | Kevin (kevinturner) | 78.26 | 98% | 2017-08-01 |
14567. | Burt (burtjoneson) | 78.26 | 87% | 2013-12-11 |
14568. | Psychpath (psychpath) | 78.25 | 98% | 2023-12-10 |
14569. | HotDogRacer69 (eager69) | 78.25 | 97% | 2018-06-22 |
14570. | Đức (dinhduc2601) | 78.25 | 97% | 2017-09-07 |
14571. | poopyhamper12 (poopyhamper12) | 78.24 | 98% | 2024-03-21 |
14572. | Will (smithsmithsmith) | 78.24 | 97% | 2021-08-12 |
14573. | TypingMaster. (righteous2) | 78.24 | 97% | 2021-07-25 |
14574. | Sebastian (juvanet) | 78.24 | 95% | 2020-05-30 |
14575. | Michael (mrsoda00) | 78.24 | 94% | 2015-01-16 |
14576. | Pavan (mpkreddy93) | 78.24 | 97% | 2015-12-11 |
14577. | Akuma (dreamxreality) | 78.23 | 99% | 2019-02-22 |
14578. | qjari (kjari) | 78.23 | 98.4% | 2024-03-12 |
14579. | HoldMyBeer (holdmybeer_) | 78.23 | 99% | 2021-08-19 |
14580. | Zedtime (zedtimestory) | 78.23 | 97% | 2019-06-16 |
14581. | Hans (hootenanny1) | 78.23 | 97% | 2013-07-17 |
14582. | zach (sumitpoz) | 78.22 | 96% | 2024-04-25 |
14583. | itai (itaiitai100) | 78.22 | 97% | 2024-02-15 |
14584. | Skanda (skanda77) | 78.22 | 95% | 2021-07-15 |
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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 |