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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21528. | (maxtyper) | 75.89 | 90% | 2013-10-02 |
| 21529. | Azamat (kayoshi) | 75.89 | 98% | 2018-11-17 |
| 21530. | Derek (dths03) | 75.89 | 97% | 2011-09-02 |
| 21531. | (norby101) | 75.88 | 95.8% | 2025-01-26 |
| 21532. | (moonimax) | 75.88 | 96% | 2024-08-16 |
| 21533. | 94 (abdulraham) | 75.88 | 95% | 2022-06-11 |
| 21534. | (alphawolf962) | 75.88 | 98% | 2020-07-02 |
| 21535. | (shinkotamaglove80) | 75.87 | 96% | 2024-07-23 |
| 21536. | (julesthespeed) | 75.87 | 96% | 2024-10-05 |
| 21537. | (adialvarado) | 75.87 | 97.5% | 2024-08-29 |
| 21538. | (painkerton) | 75.87 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
| 21539. | (dansheme) | 75.87 | 97% | 2025-08-25 |
| 21540. | (ferlina) | 75.87 | 96.5% | 2023-11-17 |
| 21541. | (prathamp) | 75.87 | 97% | 2024-06-29 |
| 21542. | (jnrust) | 75.87 | 96% | 2012-07-30 |
| 21543. | (pierrot14) | 75.87 | 96% | 2017-08-12 |
| 21544. | (ihaveonehand) | 75.86 | 92% | 2017-02-04 |
| 21545. | (lonely_painter) | 75.86 | 98% | 2022-03-26 |
| 21546. | (lloydg93) | 75.86 | 97% | 2023-03-28 |
| 21547. | (turboman2fast) | 75.86 | 96% | 2024-07-01 |
| 21548. | (lauta_qwerty) | 75.86 | 95.7% | 2024-07-24 |
| 21549. | (icetwo) | 75.86 | 94% | 2020-03-19 |
| 21550. | (bach2bach) | 75.86 | 97% | 2019-01-07 |
| 21551. | (chrisonix) | 75.86 | 96% | 2022-01-22 |
| 21552. | (deathdealer4) | 75.86 | 92% | 2016-01-24 |
| 21553. | (melvindvorak) | 75.86 | 94% | 2016-12-22 |
| 21554. | (aravindv) | 75.86 | 95% | 2014-12-02 |
| 21555. | Andrés (asilvam133) | 75.85 | 97.9% | 2024-02-04 |
| 21556. | (4l1st3r) | 75.85 | 97% | 2025-02-11 |
| 21557. | (a7s7h) | 75.85 | 97.7% | 2024-11-26 |
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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 |