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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
29161. | Connor (cmcl) | 52.11 | 97% | 2021-06-07 |
29162. | Nuoni (oceanpony) | 52.11 | 93% | 2015-03-16 |
29163. | Vance (vanceblack) | 52.11 | 97% | 2017-01-08 |
29164. | Brokelyn (brokelynprincess) | 52.10 | 94% | 2018-03-13 |
29165. | jorge (jluissuzuki) | 52.10 | 88% | 2012-02-25 |
29166. | Hannah (daughterofchrist) | 52.09 | 96% | 2019-08-09 |
29167. | Lias (lias_482) | 52.08 | 96% | 2023-01-24 |
29168. | Mithil (mith_dog) | 52.08 | 96% | 2022-01-13 |
29169. | Sarafraj (sarafraj) | 52.08 | 97% | 2023-12-19 |
29170. | Sylvia (sylborla) | 52.07 | 98% | 2024-03-12 |
29171. | Shashank Nigam (lucifer9747) | 52.06 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
29172. | Akaki (akakievich) | 52.06 | 97% | 2024-02-23 |
29173. | Danger Lala (taplu) | 52.05 | 95.5% | 2024-04-11 |
29174. | grego2612 (grego2612) | 52.05 | 99% | 2016-09-26 |
29175. | Christian (loggityloglog) | 52.05 | 95% | 2019-04-26 |
29176. | Mazzy (baylon) | 52.05 | 95% | 2014-10-26 |
29177. | dadacin (dadacin) | 52.04 | 95% | 2023-01-13 |
29178. | Thobi (tombibby10) | 52.04 | 93% | 2021-01-19 |
29179. | ApK99 (a_pk) | 52.04 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
29180. | Amateur (rosie_081122) | 52.04 | 99% | 2021-03-04 |
29181. | dinesh (dinesh__) | 52.04 | 94% | 2016-01-03 |
29182. | Eric (reefguzzler) | 52.04 | 94% | 2015-11-12 |
29183. | Christina (cmkl85) | 52.04 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
29184. | Kyle (kyle0608) | 52.03 | 96% | 2024-01-28 |
29185. | Karol (kbagi) | 52.03 | 96% | 2021-04-25 |
29186. | Zodi (zodi_dutoit) | 52.03 | 95% | 2021-03-29 |
29187. | Kurai (kuraiflame) | 52.03 | 93% | 2019-05-17 |
29188. | Mizanur (mizanur16) | 52.03 | 99% | 2020-10-27 |
29189. | Michael (blizzardhawk) | 52.03 | 95% | 2017-09-29 |
29190. | Ronald (realm) | 52.03 | — | 2010-08-30 |
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 |