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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
17329. | Steven (faiching89) | 73.23 | 97% | 2024-02-16 |
17330. | SANDEEP TYAGI (sandeep_tyagi) | 73.23 | 97% | 2013-10-19 |
17331. | Alexandre (malfortune) | 73.23 | 96% | 2018-09-03 |
17332. | Humongous6065 (humongous6065) | 73.22 | 96% | 2024-02-20 |
17333. | John Doe (slippysam) | 73.22 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
17334. | Quinlan (deval) | 73.22 | 94% | 2011-08-11 |
17335. | Kippler (kippler1827) | 73.21 | 95% | 2022-07-14 |
17336. | Dhyaneshwaran (dhyani1919) | 73.20 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
17337. | emily (picklehorse) | 73.20 | 96% | 2022-03-03 |
17338. | Martin (rykarn) | 73.20 | 96% | 2014-12-05 |
17339. | fwiichigo (fwiichigo) | 73.19 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
17340. | mikeeeee (typintypist) | 73.19 | 95.1% | 2023-11-30 |
17341. | Keisuke (kkishi) | 73.19 | 97% | 2020-12-22 |
17342. | Dawn (dawndawndawn) | 73.19 | 94% | 2011-06-02 |
17343. | Tushchi Rocket (tushchi) | 73.19 | — | 2011-02-25 |
17344. | Vi (anne777) | 73.19 | — | 2010-10-03 |
17345. | han (stuckinatimezone) | 73.18 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
17346. | Atif (atif_zaheer) | 73.18 | 95% | 2021-04-29 |
17347. | omni (omniext) | 73.18 | 95.4% | 2024-01-11 |
17348. | Roshan (roshan_) | 73.18 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
17349. | matheus (matheus_manchester) | 73.18 | — | 2010-06-23 |
17350. | SuckIT (siddhant.alok@gmail... | 73.18 | 94% | 2011-09-07 |
17351. | Jose (joseandreasjr11) | 73.18 | 96% | 2021-12-29 |
17352. | Beasktekk (beastek) | 73.17 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
17353. | syn (syntypes) | 73.17 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
17354. | Ross (m0nday) | 73.17 | 95% | 2018-08-31 |
17355. | Y (taoyichen) | 73.17 | 98% | 2024-04-15 |
17356. | mr.purpose24 (hacker51) | 73.17 | 96% | 2022-02-20 |
17357. | janer (jcamann) | 73.17 | 92% | 2012-02-20 |
17358. | Esketitutu (esketitutu) | 73.16 | 95.7% | 2023-11-15 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |