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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30104. | firebolt (kunal2014) | 65.47 | 96.7% | 2024-02-26 |
| 30105. | Trymon (trymon) | 65.47 | 94.6% | 2024-05-18 |
| 30106. | lev (zoevespa) | 65.47 | 97.3% | 2024-09-26 |
| 30107. | Djem Andreif (teg_gaming10) | 65.47 | 97% | 2021-02-16 |
| 30108. | Nate (ricecakesss) | 65.47 | 96% | 2021-03-16 |
| 30109. | Cdb (dineshc) | 65.47 | — | 2010-11-23 |
| 30110. | Timothy (timothyslash) | 65.47 | 94% | 2017-02-11 |
| 30111. | Justin (justintime17) | 65.47 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 30112. | Sunumbrella (sunumbrella) | 65.46 | 97.7% | 2025-02-19 |
| 30113. | StarShip (starbaseboccachica) | 65.46 | 97% | 2024-08-29 |
| 30114. | ndud (ndud) | 65.46 | 96.7% | 2024-10-16 |
| 30115. | E. Valencia (ember_valencia) | 65.46 | 98% | 2024-11-24 |
| 30116. | Melissa (mel8402) | 65.46 | 96% | 2020-11-17 |
| 30117. | Joshua (josh254889) | 65.46 | 96% | 2020-12-26 |
| 30118. | vicky (vickyliu) | 65.46 | 93% | 2014-05-16 |
| 30119. | Blue (bluebird24) | 65.46 | 92% | 2012-02-12 |
| 30120. | Omar AK (omar_ak05) | 65.45 | 96% | 2024-09-23 |
| 30121. | Joseph (aaronjosephd) | 65.45 | 97.1% | 2025-04-23 |
| 30122. | Everett (end613) | 65.45 | 97% | 2024-11-30 |
| 30123. | Andrija (row_g) | 65.45 | 94.9% | 2024-10-10 |
| 30124. | Bao (darknight91) | 65.45 | 98% | 2022-04-09 |
| 30125. | Nick (alaskannick) | 65.45 | 94% | 2017-12-09 |
| 30126. | dankerkys (dankerkys) | 65.45 | 98.6% | 2024-09-25 |
| 30127. | sss (1whiteblack1) | 65.45 | 98% | 2022-08-08 |
| 30128. | Guilherme (z0trion) | 65.45 | 95% | 2023-01-03 |
| 30129. | Dan (dankarnus) | 65.45 | 95% | 2021-10-22 |
| 30130. | ElaVnla (elavnla) | 65.45 | 95% | 2020-11-09 |
| 30131. | Anh (mrmoon) | 65.45 | 98% | 2012-01-17 |
| 30132. | nomomojo (nomomojo) | 65.44 | 96% | 2025-04-07 |
| 30133. | Tom Bakker (bakkertom) | 65.44 | 97% | 2025-01-03 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |