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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25627. | William (accugroove) | 72.00 | 90% | 2013-02-01 |
| 25628. | Jordy (xygorrr) | 71.99 | 96% | 2025-11-01 |
| 25629. | allixonk (allixonk) | 71.99 | 97% | 2025-02-25 |
| 25630. | Jozi (joseph0722) | 71.99 | 96% | 2025-01-20 |
| 25631. | Bradley (gobbleknob) | 71.99 | 96% | 2015-05-27 |
| 25632. | Dan1elB (daniellk) | 71.99 | 98% | 2024-03-24 |
| 25633. | Simon (sxmxn) | 71.99 | 96% | 2019-12-02 |
| 25634. | Jared (jared779) | 71.99 | 93% | 2014-04-24 |
| 25635. | Saidur (larrythebeast) | 71.98 | 99% | 2025-11-14 |
| 25636. | Uemi (uemichan) | 71.98 | 96% | 2020-09-13 |
| 25637. | TychoH (tijcho) | 71.98 | 98% | 2024-04-23 |
| 25638. | Dunno (dunno_) | 71.98 | 98% | 2023-12-13 |
| 25639. | Ulet (travalgar) | 71.98 | 97.3% | 2023-09-11 |
| 25640. | Will (top_hats_off) | 71.98 | 97% | 2021-12-18 |
| 25641. | big man noah (ironman4noah) | 71.97 | 95% | 2024-02-12 |
| 25642. | Matthew (m9thew) | 71.97 | 96% | 2020-03-22 |
| 25643. | Ankith (ankith2002) | 71.96 | 96% | 2025-02-15 |
| 25644. | kojima (lucaskojima) | 71.96 | 93.7% | 2024-03-07 |
| 25645. | Carlzanity. (carlzanity_02) | 71.96 | 97% | 2022-10-19 |
| 25646. | Bishoy Hany (bishoy_hany) | 71.96 | 97% | 2025-07-06 |
| 25647. | woahwho (vinay_sudheer) | 71.96 | 99% | 2025-11-15 |
| 25648. | jirafey (jirafey_non_quit) | 71.96 | 96% | 2024-04-26 |
| 25649. | Miguel (migsarm16) | 71.96 | 98% | 2021-11-08 |
| 25650. | Jake (wetfart1738) | 71.96 | 97% | 2024-11-20 |
| 25651. | nong (ningg) | 71.96 | 98.2% | 2024-06-22 |
| 25652. | Ethan (theinternetkid) | 71.96 | 93% | 2012-03-25 |
| 25653. | Isaiah (fknyoza) | 71.96 | 95% | 2018-10-19 |
| 25654. | Mahdi (downtosky) | 71.96 | 97% | 2017-01-22 |
| 25655. | Zeek (frostzeek) | 71.95 | 95% | 2023-04-26 |
| 25656. | niightfall (niightfall) | 71.95 | 96.6% | 2025-02-10 |
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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 |