Batman (mathnerd20)

Race #55

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Official speed 61.05 wpm (78.03 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start July 13, 2025 7:59:13am UTC
Race Finish July 13, 2025 8:00:31am UTC
Outcome No win (2 of 4)
Accuracy 98.0%
Points 72.24
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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.