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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| 22572. | Chinmay (parvatechinmay) | 75.09 | 96% | 2017-01-30 |
| 22573. | Vasilis (bill103) | 75.09 | 96% | 2024-02-27 |
| 22574. | Andy (andyfang) | 75.09 | 89% | 2013-12-03 |
| 22575. | Jesse (delgrecoj) | 75.09 | 97% | 2015-11-11 |
| 22576. | steroids steroids everywher... | 75.09 | 91% | 2013-08-21 |
| 22577. | Felipe (saywut) | 75.09 | 98% | 2015-02-21 |
| 22578. | Peter (pero_k4) | 75.09 | 95% | 2014-07-16 |
| 22579. | Swaraj (typeracerswaraj) | 75.08 | 96% | 2025-09-21 |
| 22580. | JojoGpt (jojogpt) | 75.08 | 96% | 2025-11-04 |
| 22581. | Yves (yclaguisma) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-09-17 |
| 22582. | sveros2001 (sveros2) | 75.08 | 95.4% | 2024-02-10 |
| 22583. | Jacek (akintos) | 75.08 | 95% | 2022-02-05 |
| 22584. | Neve (neveliar) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-06-02 |
| 22585. | FlyAtNight (flyonkeyboard) | 75.08 | 97.7% | 2023-12-02 |
| 22586. | Zachary (peanutbutter146) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-10-25 |
| 22587. | nick (colleyferdez) | 75.08 | 96% | 2014-07-09 |
| 22588. | Eli Van Stichelen (stichelman) | 75.07 | 98% | 2026-04-30 |
| 22589. | Aryan (aryantodi13) | 75.07 | 98% | 2025-11-22 |
| 22590. | wowdoge (wowdoge44) | 75.07 | 98% | 2024-11-08 |
| 22591. | Andrew (andrutr) | 75.07 | 97% | 2024-09-12 |
| 22592. | Steven (seteven95) | 75.07 | 97.4% | 2023-12-18 |
| 22593. | youngjeffy (kaoxiaojie) | 75.07 | 97.3% | 2023-12-13 |
| 22594. | Mikael (mikaelcz) | 75.07 | 95% | 2015-07-30 |
| 22595. | Keoven (nelvindriz) | 75.07 | 98% | 2014-01-12 |
| 22596. | Madhur (madhurrajn) | 75.07 | — | 2010-11-22 |
| 22597. | UAintGottaKnow (mohikyous) | 75.06 | 96% | 2025-11-25 |
| 22598. | khang (kkk_69) | 75.06 | 98% | 2026-02-03 |
| 22599. | ofzq (1cvc) | 75.06 | 96.4% | 2025-04-27 |
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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 |