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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| 46989. | Paul (pjpage) | 45.15 | 92% | 2015-01-09 |
| 46990. | Benny (bad_benny) | 45.14 | 94% | 2025-01-09 |
| 46991. | colby (1994mitsubishidelica) | 45.14 | 95% | 2024-04-21 |
| 46992. | Kirstine Tan (ktyy) | 45.12 | 97% | 2025-01-16 |
| 46993. | Dipraj Rana Magar (dipraj) | 45.12 | 94% | 2025-06-27 |
| 46994. | EnderMood (enderlove) | 45.11 | 95.3% | 2024-09-03 |
| 46995. | Bing Bong (imtired1223) | 45.11 | 96% | 2025-05-06 |
| 46996. | Andy (andy345) | 45.11 | 94% | 2025-01-12 |
| 46997. | Bipin (bipin_emp123) | 45.11 | 94% | 2021-05-31 |
| 46998. | Stacia (stacia44) | 45.11 | 94% | 2012-01-13 |
| 46999. | frinkless (frinkless) | 45.11 | 95% | 2016-04-22 |
| 47000. | Ibrahim (elmahdy) | 45.10 | 95% | 2025-03-05 |
| 47001. | monke (monke12345) | 45.10 | 93% | 2025-06-08 |
| 47002. | Vidu (pererav) | 45.10 | 92% | 2020-04-21 |
| 47003. | Wilbert (luminore) | 45.10 | 94% | 2017-06-11 |
| 47004. | Nish (paradox123) | 45.10 | 95% | 2014-02-11 |
| 47005. | Andrej (andrej_user) | 45.09 | 93% | 2025-04-18 |
| 47006. | KDboiii (kdawgggggg) | 45.09 | 91% | 2025-06-16 |
| 47007. | Linda (scottymaloney) | 45.09 | — | 2010-09-20 |
| 47008. | Mairi (mai_n) | 45.08 | 96% | 2022-06-17 |
| 47009. | krsna king (krsnaking) | 45.07 | 93% | 2026-03-27 |
| 47010. | sangbilha (sangbilha) | 45.07 | 96.5% | 2024-03-18 |
| 47011. | zalalala (zalalala) | 45.07 | 92.8% | 2021-02-09 |
| 47012. | batbaven (baislow) | 45.06 | 97% | 2022-01-13 |
| 47013. | martin (amezquitamartin) | 45.06 | 90% | 2016-08-31 |
| 47014. | Faz (fazzayne) | 45.05 | 94% | 2024-05-25 |
| 47015. | Igor (igotim) | 45.05 | 87% | 2013-08-30 |
| 47016. | Xavier (redanky) | 45.05 | 94% | 2019-11-14 |
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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 |