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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6706. | hallelujah (veil) | 97.66 | 97% | 2013-03-15 |
| 6707. | _dcgc (wdana) | 97.66 | 96% | 2015-01-30 |
| 6708. | David (punker2p2) | 97.66 | 97% | 2011-11-03 |
| 6709. | Nicholas (nickochee) | 97.65 | — | 2010-06-22 |
| 6710. | brocco (brocollie) | 97.65 | 95.4% | 2025-02-16 |
| 6711. | Fenix (isaac.hermens@gmail.... | 97.65 | 98% | 2014-09-13 |
| 6712. | Lk (lds110) | 97.65 | 95% | 2016-10-06 |
| 6713. | Konflicted (konflicted) | 97.65 | — | 2010-06-28 |
| 6714. | Sean (nighthawk42) | 97.64 | 99% | 2022-08-11 |
| 6715. | Josh (castnightwolf) | 97.64 | 97% | 2014-04-04 |
| 6716. | Agent (agenttyty) | 97.64 | 98% | 2018-04-19 |
| 6717. | Kaizero (kaizero) | 97.64 | 91% | 2016-10-25 |
| 6718. | Pepega (noquiterino) | 97.64 | 93% | 2017-05-19 |
| 6719. | Marco (rxmarko) | 97.63 | 98.3% | 2024-12-17 |
| 6720. | RJ (rohanjagpal) | 97.63 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
| 6721. | Valgeir (buullsseye) | 97.63 | 99% | 2016-04-28 |
| 6722. | Andrew (akan2021) | 97.62 | 97% | 2023-03-23 |
| 6723. | TinumÃr (tinumir) | 97.62 | 99% | 2022-04-13 |
| 6724. | Erik (erla1012) | 97.62 | 95% | 2012-11-11 |
| 6725. | Elise (alyssea) | 97.62 | 98% | 2011-07-11 |
| 6726. | bboyjrad (bboyjrad) | 97.62 | 94% | 2012-04-28 |
| 6727. | iLOVEtyping (ilovetyping1) | 97.61 | 98% | 2024-07-24 |
| 6728. | Connor (9757) | 97.61 | 98.6% | 2023-12-24 |
| 6729. | Noah (snugsy) | 97.61 | 98% | 2025-03-20 |
| 6730. | Julien Galons (jugalons) | 97.61 | 98% | 2024-03-19 |
| 6731. | Lex (lexlexlex) | 97.60 | 97% | 2017-07-26 |
| 6732. | slayerofthend (slayerofthend) | 97.59 | 97% | 2021-06-09 |
| 6733. | Dan (danpan) | 97.59 | 96% | 2015-12-06 |
| 6734. | Mason (hyojin2k) | 97.59 | 98% | 2020-01-29 |
| 6735. | Kyle (mainian) | 97.59 | 98% | 2013-03-15 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |