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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26604. | Bob (ilikesoldat) | 58.26 | 93% | 2013-02-04 |
26605. | henry (filthy_rich86) | 58.26 | 95% | 2013-12-11 |
26606. | apt_share (apt_share) | 58.26 | 94% | 2011-06-24 |
26607. | was (wassio) | 58.25 | 96% | 2023-03-04 |
26608. | Lucas (luctrox) | 58.25 | 93% | 2022-04-03 |
26609. | social (social_scrub) | 58.24 | 95% | 2022-08-09 |
26610. | ! (heckar) | 58.24 | 95% | 2022-04-20 |
26611. | 小帅哥 (abecienchen) | 58.24 | 93% | 2023-12-27 |
26612. | Azam (mazam216) | 58.24 | 96% | 2021-06-04 |
26613. | Raman (rshant) | 58.24 | 93% | 2015-10-03 |
26614. | AST (emper0rr) | 58.24 | 95% | 2012-08-02 |
26615. | Kamshin (kamshin_18) | 58.23 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
26616. | Bob (popegraham) | 58.23 | 93% | 2014-04-06 |
26617. | Willy (willyosu) | 58.23 | 95% | 2021-01-27 |
26618. | Brian (presonus) | 58.23 | 92% | 2016-11-22 |
26619. | Kit (kittoadinatha) | 58.23 | 91% | 2016-04-12 |
26620. | ken (kai285) | 58.22 | 93% | 2024-02-01 |
26621. | Alex (alexm2air) | 58.22 | 96.8% | 2023-12-31 |
26622. | Kenmar (kenmar) | 58.22 | 96% | 2021-12-12 |
26623. | Silver (silverdogface) | 58.22 | 91% | 2015-12-13 |
26624. | thanh (thanhmamce) | 58.22 | — | 2011-03-04 |
26625. | Frankie (niitronguyen) | 58.22 | — | 2010-09-17 |
26626. | Rafael (cyon) | 58.22 | 96% | 2012-08-06 |
26627. | Adarsh (adarshaks19) | 58.21 | 96% | 2022-11-18 |
26628. | Indeed (indeed001) | 58.21 | 96% | 2021-09-01 |
26629. | MbahLatip (paijolatip) | 58.21 | 97% | 2013-06-07 |
26630. | BK (bk_hapdiem) | 58.21 | 93% | 2012-06-02 |
26631. | Gabriel (gbvicente) | 58.20 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
26632. | Matt (mattdorow) | 58.20 | 91% | 2015-02-27 |
26633. | luckyboy (luckyboy1234) | 58.20 | 89% | 2013-02-15 |
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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 |