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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25007. | ✈FollowMe✈ (shamshadtahir) | 61.35 | 92% | 2011-05-25 |
25008. | IRDunno (irdunno) | 61.34 | 96% | 2022-05-29 |
25009. | Anonymous (victoriousgod) | 61.34 | 96% | 2023-11-26 |
25010. | Sokrates (sokratesv) | 61.34 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
25011. | Mamaafrica (mamaafrica) | 61.34 | 95.2% | 2023-12-04 |
25012. | The White House (thewhiteho... | 61.33 | 96.6% | 2023-11-27 |
25013. | Ryan (8baller) | 61.33 | 96% | 2022-06-22 |
25014. | Yef (yef_2666) | 61.33 | 95% | 2024-04-17 |
25015. | Gruffydd (gruffydd) | 61.33 | 90% | 2016-09-26 |
25016. | vladtaranenko1997 (vladtara... | 61.33 | 98% | 2022-05-03 |
25017. | sokkhai (sokkhai@hotmail.com) | 61.33 | 91% | 2011-10-27 |
25018. | John (rileytolentino13) | 61.33 | 90% | 2017-02-06 |
25019. | Jaren (waff13cak3) | 61.33 | 88% | 2017-03-04 |
25020. | MrNing (ultra_penguin) | 61.33 | 96% | 2015-03-12 |
25021. | Deni (travao) | 61.33 | 94% | 2016-07-19 |
25022. | lisa (little_bee) | 61.33 | — | 2010-10-31 |
25023. | Sigma (chestermathews) | 61.32 | 96% | 2024-05-23 |
25024. | pp (electricpp) | 61.32 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
25025. | Luis (luisfmanzanoa) | 61.32 | 96.5% | 2021-01-27 |
25026. | Yamn (yamn) | 61.32 | 91% | 2015-03-30 |
25027. | Ahmed (ryu_hayabusa) | 61.32 | 93% | 2014-05-30 |
25028. | JaumeBG (jaumebg) | 61.32 | — | 2010-10-23 |
25029. | Claudia (aaaaccdillruyz) | 61.31 | 97% | 2022-01-18 |
25030. | Joe (joegamer) | 61.31 | 95% | 2022-12-31 |
25031. | Ryan (rajaroc) | 61.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-26 |
25032. | JustAnotherPerson (plankcip... | 61.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-21 |
25033. | Orion (maggiea718) | 61.31 | 98% | 2020-06-26 |
25034. | sho (imagestreamer) | 61.31 | — | 2010-07-05 |
25035. | Jamie (grapefruitie) | 61.31 | 95% | 2019-07-15 |
25036. | Øyvind (oyvindsegrov) | 61.30 | 95% | 2023-10-25 |
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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 |