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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| 13674. | Thi (rodingersmg) | 84.42 | 96% | 2021-06-24 |
| 13675. | harry (jauaj) | 84.41 | 96.7% | 2024-12-25 |
| 13676. | Dylan (dylanmartin1130) | 84.41 | 96% | 2024-12-30 |
| 13677. | Mynte (myntepapir) | 84.41 | 96% | 2016-05-13 |
| 13678. | Ivan (dide1818) | 84.41 | 96.4% | 2024-09-25 |
| 13679. | Boltcrasher (boltcrasher) | 84.41 | 95% | 2020-11-21 |
| 13680. | Sajidul (sajidul) | 84.41 | 98% | 2024-06-23 |
| 13681. | Ed (pelly1863) | 84.41 | 97% | 2020-09-17 |
| 13682. | Steven (whathecode) | 84.41 | 95% | 2011-07-24 |
| 13683. | meo (typowriter16) | 84.41 | 96% | 2017-10-21 |
| 13684. | Justin (justinstewart) | 84.40 | 98% | 2025-06-06 |
| 13685. | Zeke (ezeekey) | 84.40 | 97.6% | 2024-06-22 |
| 13686. | Arslan (arslan801007) | 84.40 | 96% | 2022-12-12 |
| 13687. | Urabigail (borat_kz) | 84.40 | 97.7% | 2023-11-29 |
| 13688. | Ace (milkyboy12) | 84.40 | 96% | 2021-03-12 |
| 13689. | Ninja (ninjaacat) | 84.40 | 97% | 2021-01-16 |
| 13690. | ballerbigger (ballerbigger) | 84.39 | 99% | 2024-04-18 |
| 13691. | Apocolad (apocolad) | 84.39 | 96.5% | 2023-11-08 |
| 13692. | top2828 (top2828) | 84.39 | 97.9% | 2024-02-09 |
| 13693. | (atorpy) | 84.39 | 98% | 2022-02-10 |
| 13694. | Roy (roypon11) | 84.39 | 95% | 2014-03-14 |
| 13695. | sem (elsemyano) | 84.39 | 96% | 2012-10-05 |
| 13696. | TheTrapperBeingXD (thetrapp... | 84.38 | 98% | 2024-11-15 |
| 13697. | WhatIsAModel (dakolli) | 84.38 | 98% | 2024-08-06 |
| 13698. | g_kadooka (g_kadooka) | 84.38 | 96.7% | 2024-02-08 |
| 13699. | Vinny (abomm) | 84.38 | 98% | 2018-01-19 |
| 13700. | Onnanoko (onnanoko) | 84.38 | 96% | 2019-05-30 |
| 13701. | joemppe (joemppe) | 84.38 | 93% | 2012-04-16 |
| 13702. | URdaddy (iambatman24) | 84.37 | 95% | 2025-03-20 |
| 13703. | Godhead (godhead) | 84.37 | 97% | 2024-09-21 |
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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 |