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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| 41284. | Tin Le (tin22) | 55.77 | 95% | 2024-03-22 |
| 41285. | Posto (posto) | 55.77 | 95% | 2024-06-13 |
| 41286. | Phyzem (jaguilar625) | 55.77 | 95% | 2016-01-06 |
| 41287. | Jonathan (jonapedia) | 55.77 | 87% | 2012-05-04 |
| 41288. | Abraham (a_canto) | 55.76 | 96.5% | 2024-09-09 |
| 41289. | Aemor (aemor1) | 55.76 | 95% | 2025-02-24 |
| 41290. | Josva (svae98) | 55.76 | 97% | 2024-04-16 |
| 41291. | Raj (raj_23) | 55.76 | 95% | 2021-05-31 |
| 41292. | Gerardo (sewingbunion9) | 55.76 | 94% | 2017-10-11 |
| 41293. | Goto10 (backhage) | 55.76 | 96.9% | 2021-02-17 |
| 41294. | Evan (yeekhai0219) | 55.76 | 97% | 2021-07-03 |
| 41295. | Matt (chillmaster) | 55.76 | 93% | 2016-09-21 |
| 41296. | sammy (sammylovesitaly) | 55.76 | 94% | 2021-03-31 |
| 41297. | Ahmed (ahmedslayer123) | 55.76 | 96% | 2020-12-27 |
| 41298. | Arnau (lupuscat) | 55.76 | 98% | 2016-01-25 |
| 41299. | Typing PaPa (dlare) | 55.76 | — | 2011-03-20 |
| 41300. | Rachel (rachjye) | 55.75 | 95% | 2024-09-18 |
| 41301. | Abdullah (abdullah93) | 55.75 | 96.8% | 2025-01-24 |
| 41302. | Daniel Jung (jungahdaniel) | 55.75 | 95% | 2025-10-15 |
| 41303. | Kev Moi (kevmoi123) | 55.75 | 97% | 2024-06-11 |
| 41304. | Rawr (kekistan505) | 55.75 | 95% | 2019-07-23 |
| 41305. | Kyle (sycendice) | 55.75 | 96% | 2022-06-21 |
| 41306. | Eziz (eziz) | 55.75 | 96% | 2022-10-08 |
| 41307. | Moayad (moayad_) | 55.75 | 94.6% | 2023-11-26 |
| 41308. | Nick (cosmictroll) | 55.75 | 90% | 2016-08-07 |
| 41309. | kase88 (kase88) | 55.74 | 95% | 2025-05-17 |
| 41310. | zenpanda (zenpanda) | 55.74 | 96% | 2024-05-08 |
| 41311. | Josh (joshiey28) | 55.74 | 98% | 2025-06-19 |
| 41312. | Doey (doey1407) | 55.74 | 97% | 2018-11-09 |
| 41313. | Arkinator (arkinator) | 55.74 | 92% | 2014-03-04 |
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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 |