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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16271. | Hamza (archer_01) | 82.21 | 97% | 2023-09-25 |
| 16272. | trin (trinitytobot) | 82.20 | 96% | 2024-10-10 |
| 16273. | Dmitri (drichardson) | 82.20 | 98.4% | 2024-09-06 |
| 16274. | Vash (vash13) | 82.20 | 97% | 2024-08-26 |
| 16275. | name (crazymario) | 82.20 | 96% | 2016-05-23 |
| 16276. | Please use an appropriate n... | 82.19 | 97.5% | 2025-04-18 |
| 16277. | Diogo (kronikal) | 82.19 | 96% | 2024-05-30 |
| 16278. | Jash (j_s_909) | 82.19 | 98% | 2025-12-31 |
| 16279. | dj-viking (dj_viking) | 82.19 | 97% | 2023-11-26 |
| 16280. | Aaron (theredspartan) | 82.19 | 99% | 2019-02-20 |
| 16281. | coldEr66 (colder66) | 82.19 | 97% | 2021-10-04 |
| 16282. | George (gtsop) | 82.19 | 97% | 2016-02-16 |
| 16283. | Ferry (superipey) | 82.19 | 93% | 2013-10-08 |
| 16284. | Shacony (shacony) | 82.19 | 94% | 2013-04-26 |
| 16285. | David (skillcapped) | 82.19 | 96% | 2014-07-15 |
| 16286. | Shawn (ratchet1179) | 82.19 | 95.6% | 2023-05-30 |
| 16287. | alex (alstar77) | 82.18 | 98% | 2025-07-15 |
| 16288. | Jake (thehebrewhammer) | 82.18 | 96% | 2020-03-31 |
| 16289. | Eric (notmexican) | 82.18 | 99% | 2022-06-11 |
| 16290. | ivan (ivanchok) | 82.18 | 97% | 2021-10-29 |
| 16291. | Mango (mangoognam) | 82.18 | 95% | 2020-12-22 |
| 16292. | arogan (arogan) | 82.18 | 97% | 2014-10-02 |
| 16293. | lammi (lamie) | 82.18 | 96% | 2015-05-22 |
| 16294. | Rachel (rachel1491) | 82.18 | 97% | 2017-05-19 |
| 16295. | Tony 🐱👤 (demon0192) | 82.18 | 97% | 2017-11-24 |
| 16296. | Jacob (jjensen22) | 82.17 | 97% | 2024-06-15 |
| 16297. | steb (saenaii) | 82.17 | 97.5% | 2024-04-24 |
| 16298. | Zachary (zacdos) | 82.17 | 99% | 2018-02-24 |
| 16299. | Jess (jesstenhoeve) | 82.17 | 97% | 2021-02-23 |
| 16300. | Heyhou (david73) | 82.17 | 96.6% | 2021-02-27 |
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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 |