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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31882. | Stevne (juninight29) | 65.74 | 97% | 2021-07-25 |
| 31883. | Jet (mynamehenry) | 65.74 | 95% | 2021-03-10 |
| 31884. | tran (qtran) | 65.74 | 95% | 2011-10-04 |
| 31885. | Sun (sunsolaris) | 65.74 | 93% | 2016-09-14 |
| 31886. | mohcene (accept_username_pl... | 65.73 | 97.7% | 2025-04-03 |
| 31887. | AdrMij (adr_man) | 65.73 | 98% | 2025-02-28 |
| 31888. | Kcoo123 (kcoo123) | 65.73 | 97% | 2025-05-28 |
| 31889. | Chad (calforex) | 65.73 | 95% | 2018-01-06 |
| 31890. | RJ (rjthelaw) | 65.73 | 95.5% | 2023-12-17 |
| 31891. | korbin (thatguyzynigt) | 65.73 | 98% | 2020-03-02 |
| 31892. | thunderbeast (thunderbeast_) | 65.73 | 96% | 2021-05-23 |
| 31893. | Jack (phntm5569) | 65.73 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
| 31894. | Rikard (atmoscube) | 65.73 | 95% | 2016-01-19 |
| 31895. | Nigel (dabbleweed) | 65.73 | 94% | 2014-05-27 |
| 31896. | Val (bdieseldorff) | 65.73 | 99% | 2016-09-04 |
| 31897. | Eddie (artourzy) | 65.73 | 94% | 2016-10-01 |
| 31898. | Liam (liam_71) | 65.72 | 96.7% | 2023-12-01 |
| 31899. | Aaron (heckndarn) | 65.72 | 96% | 2022-06-17 |
| 31900. | Laris (laridnd) | 65.72 | 98% | 2025-01-14 |
| 31901. | Indecisive (deorn) | 65.72 | 95% | 2022-02-03 |
| 31902. | crybob (crybob) | 65.72 | 96% | 2024-07-26 |
| 31903. | Nah (nahcringe) | 65.72 | 95.7% | 2024-04-12 |
| 31904. | Hannah (hanabii) | 65.72 | 94% | 2025-01-22 |
| 31905. | Elizabeth (brysonelle) | 65.72 | 98.6% | 2024-02-05 |
| 31906. | exuberantrat (exuberantrat) | 65.72 | 97% | 2025-01-06 |
| 31907. | Rainy (rainydust) | 65.72 | 96% | 2024-01-18 |
| 31908. | I Type with 2 Fingers (cybe... | 65.72 | 91% | 2015-10-15 |
| 31909. | Radhika (radhu_528) | 65.72 | 96.9% | 2024-07-12 |
| 31910. | Coldwind (shaunbkl) | 65.72 | 95.4% | 2024-01-12 |
| 31911. | Batteekha (batteekha) | 65.72 | 97% | 2024-05-17 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |