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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17287. | Verne (vverne) | 73.35 | 97% | 2022-11-10 |
17288. | mayank (dids6121) | 73.35 | 98% | 2018-02-26 |
17289. | Esme (esmeb56) | 73.35 | 91% | 2012-11-01 |
17290. | Adridri (eidorian) | 73.35 | 91% | 2022-05-26 |
17291. | Brett (sonovthedawn) | 73.34 | 95% | 2019-10-09 |
17292. | Dat (bigbeartk) | 73.34 | 96% | 2021-07-20 |
17293. | Michael (polorized) | 73.34 | 94% | 2020-12-27 |
17294. | Abhiram (abdo22) | 73.34 | 97% | 2024-01-19 |
17295. | Billy (billyluck) | 73.34 | 96% | 2012-11-30 |
17296. | Werdna (werdnawerd) | 73.34 | 95% | 2016-02-07 |
17297. | Shotsov (shotsov_qvickly) | 73.34 | 97% | 2011-10-20 |
17298. | ilrj (ilrj) | 73.34 | 99% | 2012-09-24 |
17299. | Christopher (yammayammatoot) | 73.33 | 98.1% | 2023-12-12 |
17300. | Viet (viettp) | 73.33 | 98.4% | 2021-01-31 |
17301. | Peter (gmontag) | 73.33 | — | 2011-02-20 |
17302. | Dawid (jasonwhyareyou) | 73.33 | 93% | 2016-04-23 |
17303. | Lemuel (camo341) | 73.32 | 94% | 2015-11-23 |
17304. | Okan (pikachu_wow) | 73.32 | 92% | 2016-10-14 |
17305. | Prefering (tregsomfaen) | 73.32 | 98% | 2015-06-09 |
17306. | Yo (yomamaaaa) | 73.31 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
17307. | Todd (toddneal) | 73.31 | 96% | 2022-04-13 |
17308. | Wilfred (wilfred_king) | 73.31 | 96% | 2023-12-21 |
17309. | Liney (pollypopcorn) | 73.31 | 97% | 2018-03-03 |
17310. | Kenneth (oracleone) | 73.30 | 96% | 2017-06-21 |
17311. | Siri (eternalreign) | 73.30 | 93% | 2022-01-15 |
17312. | Upline 사나 (anjoanjoanjo) | 73.30 | 95% | 2015-07-01 |
17313. | HzVee (hzvee) | 73.30 | 95% | 2016-01-30 |
17314. | Maikl (maikl_c) | 73.30 | 97% | 2017-07-05 |
17315. | Supachok (feifei_) | 73.29 | 97% | 2024-03-24 |
17316. | BETTER AND (f_a_s_t_e_r) | 73.29 | 97% | 2023-11-24 |
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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 |