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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| 47043. | mountdew9874 (mountdew9874) | 43.94 | 96% | 2024-11-21 |
| 47044. | Njan (njan123) | 43.94 | 97% | 2025-08-25 |
| 47045. | Sajib (dipto) | 43.94 | 95% | 2022-08-22 |
| 47046. | James (wormal) | 43.94 | — | 2011-02-17 |
| 47047. | 요셉 (thermalldrop) | 43.93 | 95% | 2024-02-27 |
| 47048. | Ariel (arielomo) | 43.93 | 92% | 2020-12-21 |
| 47049. | Indra (zolasoni) | 43.91 | 93% | 2023-10-21 |
| 47050. | Mike Oxlong (cmc_05) | 43.91 | 92% | 2023-02-28 |
| 47051. | Sinan (sinbin55) | 43.90 | 94% | 2015-05-12 |
| 47052. | alyssa (alyyluvsu) | 43.89 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
| 47053. | Robert (bobbert_63) | 43.89 | 95% | 2023-03-06 |
| 47054. | Deni (deni1205) | 43.88 | 93.3% | 2023-12-15 |
| 47055. | Arup (energy124) | 43.87 | 95% | 2025-01-05 |
| 47056. | Rockstar (rock112) | 43.87 | 92.1% | 2025-02-26 |
| 47057. | Win Tun (winwtun) | 43.85 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 47058. | Veino (veino) | 43.85 | 95.6% | 2024-12-06 |
| 47059. | tanthreex (tan3x) | 43.84 | 93.3% | 2025-03-27 |
| 47060. | Nils (borromac) | 43.84 | 95.9% | 2023-09-03 |
| 47061. | sen (sensai) | 43.84 | — | 2010-08-22 |
| 47062. | Crux (nophi) | 43.83 | — | 2011-02-14 |
| 47063. | John (bruhbish) | 43.82 | 93% | 2020-11-25 |
| 47064. | Tjay (blackflash_) | 43.82 | 95% | 2024-05-06 |
| 47065. | Tâm (xxcysxx) | 43.82 | 95% | 2013-07-30 |
| 47066. | mohit (baby145252) | 43.81 | 93% | 2024-10-26 |
| 47067. | Quynh Truong (quynhtruong14... | 43.80 | 95.1% | 2024-10-30 |
| 47068. | Apurbo (tanvirmahfuz) | 43.80 | 95.1% | 2025-02-25 |
| 47069. | Manish (hi_son) | 43.80 | 92% | 2023-11-25 |
| 47070. | strider-x1 (striderx1) | 43.79 | 96% | 2026-01-12 |
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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 |