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 |
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5156. | Matthew (the_pasta_life) | 99.58 | 97% | 2019-04-24 |
5157. | Megan (mprice0004) | 99.58 | 99% | 2014-10-20 |
5158. | Anish Vijay (doobynotnooby) | 99.57 | 100% | 2023-11-27 |
5159. | Marnier (grandxmarnier) | 99.57 | 99% | 2017-07-10 |
5160. | jazzfanboy (tong_tong) | 99.57 | 91% | 2015-11-05 |
5161. | Edward (xxdeathcorexx) | 99.57 | 99% | 2012-11-19 |
5162. | Duvall (duvall) | 99.56 | — | 2011-05-01 |
5163. | bofa (xxx_bofa_xxx) | 99.55 | 98% | 2021-07-14 |
5164. | Alex (bobbyjoe93) | 99.55 | 92% | 2015-09-10 |
5165. | Hammertime (mattcamgolf) | 99.55 | 98% | 2016-05-27 |
5166. | ȿmurɠ (smurgus) | 99.55 | 94% | 2012-12-24 |
5167. | blek (proking) | 99.55 | 94% | 2013-05-11 |
5168. | Ronak (ronakkaria) | 99.54 | 98% | 2019-02-15 |
5169. | John (thefilth) | 99.54 | 94% | 2011-08-29 |
5170. | Doug (ishanu22) | 99.53 | 93% | 2012-11-08 |
5171. | Bruh (heelee) | 99.53 | 97% | 2019-10-17 |
5172. | Andrew (andrewfbr) | 99.52 | 98% | 2021-01-27 |
5173. | john (therevolution) | 99.52 | 95% | 2012-11-13 |
5174. | Akrish (akrish) | 99.51 | 99% | 2023-02-22 |
5175. | Poi (joeymaloey) | 99.51 | 98% | 2020-07-08 |
5176. | Dominik (eklipzdom) | 99.51 | 94% | 2014-05-08 |
5177. | :) (dreikaiser) | 99.51 | 93% | 2016-03-08 |
5178. | scott (skilledscott) | 99.51 | 98% | 2018-12-11 |
5179. | Bracador (bracador) | 99.51 | 95% | 2013-03-14 |
5180. | Geeky (yashwantkrishna) | 99.50 | 97% | 2023-09-01 |
5181. | Daniel Lee (bo7danlee) | 99.50 | 100% | 2013-04-24 |
5182. | ItsInsanity (itsinsanity) | 99.49 | 97.1% | 2023-10-28 |
5183. | Steve (stlewis1121) | 99.49 | 97% | 2014-12-20 |
5184. | Nils (nilsrudberg) | 99.48 | 96.1% | 2023-11-14 |
5185. | Michael (redquaker) | 99.47 | 98% | 2017-06-22 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |