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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4379. | hand tremors from meds :( (... | 105.65 | 97% | 2013-12-21 |
| 4380. | Eetu (eetuwaa) | 105.65 | 95% | 2015-04-03 |
| 4381. | multiflipex (multiflipex) | 105.65 | 99% | 2023-04-04 |
| 4382. | Garbage (nerdballer) | 105.65 | 93% | 2014-12-11 |
| 4383. | CrimSurfer (hsabove) | 105.64 | 98.5% | 2023-12-02 |
| 4384. | Jumz (mrpaperman) | 105.64 | 96.5% | 2023-07-09 |
| 4385. | Mr. Pogi (jazzver1) | 105.63 | 99.3% | 2024-09-15 |
| 4386. | :) (dividge) | 105.63 | 97.3% | 2023-06-14 |
| 4387. | Ben (bounciness) | 105.63 | 96% | 2014-09-16 |
| 4388. | Pinolicious (pinolicious) | 105.63 | 98% | 2018-05-10 |
| 4389. | Frank (frankxu) | 105.63 | 99% | 2019-10-23 |
| 4390. | Jack (delux10) | 105.63 | 96% | 2014-01-31 |
| 4391. | L (l_dog) | 105.62 | 97% | 2011-05-23 |
| 4392. | mptj (mptj) | 105.62 | 98% | 2018-02-20 |
| 4393. | Yatin (yatin01) | 105.60 | 99% | 2025-05-17 |
| 4394. | Sanket (junkheadrooster) | 105.60 | 99% | 2019-09-21 |
| 4395. | Stadics (stadics) | 105.59 | 98% | 2022-03-27 |
| 4396. | Anh Ộ i i (odarealpeo321) | 105.59 | 98% | 2025-12-03 |
| 4397. | Noah (bobapplepie) | 105.59 | 98.3% | 2023-06-15 |
| 4398. | Moritz (elagon) | 105.59 | 98.6% | 2024-11-22 |
| 4399. | Tootels (joenasha10) | 105.59 | 97% | 2015-05-02 |
| 4400. | Petar (karanfil) | 105.58 | 97% | 2014-09-28 |
| 4401. | Tanish (thrufestus) | 105.57 | 98.5% | 2025-05-07 |
| 4402. | DJ (shrivled) | 105.57 | 98% | 2022-09-22 |
| 4403. | sal (italianstallion3) | 105.57 | 97% | 2013-10-22 |
| 4404. | Bluely | new keyboard (itsk... | 105.57 | 95% | 2021-01-25 |
| 4405. | Theodor (theodor_i) | 105.55 | 98.1% | 2024-02-17 |
| 4406. | FIAA (fiiaa) | 105.55 | 98% | 2020-10-15 |
| 4407. | mechanical (cakesogood) | 105.55 | 98% | 2020-12-22 |
| 4408. | Kept (lietonever) | 105.55 | — | 2011-03-22 |
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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 |