candy (candycloth)

Race #1631

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Official speed 72.89 wpm (65.36 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 13, 2020 11:51:11am UTC
Race Finish March 13, 2020 11:52:17am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 5)
Opponents 1. babayaga36 (88.96 wpm)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 86.26
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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.