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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42048. | Schierke (schierke_17) | 49.30 | 96.7% | 2024-05-01 |
| 42049. | ewwreading (lamebooks) | 49.30 | 98.3% | 2023-12-06 |
| 42050. | Julius (ayuz) | 49.30 | 94% | 2022-11-02 |
| 42051. | Ashot (avagyanah) | 49.30 | 92% | 2015-11-30 |
| 42052. | Rico (rico1928) | 49.29 | 95.9% | 2025-03-14 |
| 42053. | Sock (sockworm) | 49.29 | 96.2% | 2025-04-04 |
| 42054. | yanmyokyaw (yanmyokyaw) | 49.29 | 96% | 2024-04-23 |
| 42055. | Smruti Ranjan Badatya (iams... | 49.29 | 95% | 2024-12-03 |
| 42056. | Emily (pickleprincesaa) | 49.29 | 96% | 2024-07-08 |
| 42057. | Kyto (kytux) | 49.29 | 94.6% | 2024-01-12 |
| 42058. | Bhemz (bhemz) | 49.29 | 87% | 2012-01-10 |
| 42059. | Richard (eyelikebud) | 49.28 | 92% | 2017-01-12 |
| 42060. | Faiyah (_faiyah8) | 49.28 | 96% | 2025-03-27 |
| 42061. | Allyssah (allyssah_) | 49.28 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 42062. | Zzzzo (zzzzo) | 49.28 | 95% | 2024-01-09 |
| 42063. | Hikmat (hikmat) | 49.28 | 96% | 2021-10-17 |
| 42064. | Wongsathorn (wongsathorn) | 49.27 | 97% | 2022-10-10 |
| 42065. | DuckAvenger123 (duckavenger) | 49.27 | 97% | 2024-03-02 |
| 42066. | silver (siilvered) | 49.27 | 96.2% | 2023-11-22 |
| 42067. | Ali (ali0007) | 49.27 | 92% | 2014-05-07 |
| 42068. | Justin (justin4_0) | 49.26 | 96% | 2024-07-29 |
| 42069. | Jawad (maebak) | 49.26 | 95.5% | 2024-04-17 |
| 42070. | Himanshu (himsingh11) | 49.26 | 95% | 2022-02-23 |
| 42071. | Caleb (reflux2k) | 49.26 | 93% | 2020-07-09 |
| 42072. | Akuma (akumaayush) | 49.26 | 95% | 2021-04-26 |
| 42073. | Key (rayray1990) | 49.26 | 95% | 2014-11-13 |
| 42074. | hendrael (hendrael) | 49.25 | 95% | 2024-11-15 |
| 42075. | kurax (kurax97) | 49.25 | 94% | 2024-06-26 |
| 42076. | Teja (teja99) | 49.25 | 96% | 2025-03-21 |
| 42077. | R2cord (r2cord) | 49.25 | 94% | 2024-01-19 |
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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 |