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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| 44531. | 7 (pingas7) | 51.30 | — | 2011-04-11 |
| 44532. | John (pringlepantz) | 51.29 | 96% | 2016-09-13 |
| 44533. | Tay (chanting_penguin) | 51.29 | 97% | 2025-02-22 |
| 44534. | Marouane ELBISSOURI (maroua... | 51.29 | 94% | 2024-11-06 |
| 44535. | Jordan (creatorofidiocy) | 51.29 | 95% | 2024-02-02 |
| 44536. | Ashlie (ashlie0613) | 51.29 | 96.1% | 2024-04-10 |
| 44537. | buchwil (dexate) | 51.29 | 91% | 2013-09-20 |
| 44538. | FFFT (ethanciou) | 51.28 | 93% | 2022-08-14 |
| 44539. | Kevin (slowbrothough) | 51.28 | 95% | 2024-02-17 |
| 44540. | RepAUA (repaua) | 51.28 | 96% | 2024-11-18 |
| 44541. | DrData (drdata) | 51.28 | 95% | 2024-06-20 |
| 44542. | Lalith (nivas17) | 51.28 | 95.6% | 2023-12-20 |
| 44543. | Jovan (bajheera) | 51.28 | 93% | 2012-11-28 |
| 44544. | Cathy (aix1014) | 51.28 | 91% | 2011-05-30 |
| 44545. | RR3d (rr3dtyper) | 51.27 | 93% | 2023-07-24 |
| 44546. | Manter (manterpanter) | 51.27 | 95% | 2021-04-24 |
| 44547. | hamster (hamsterrrrrr) | 51.26 | 95% | 2025-02-17 |
| 44548. | Yash Lade (yash_20) | 51.26 | 96% | 2025-09-01 |
| 44549. | davjd (bubacek) | 51.26 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
| 44550. | manjeet (mjydv4548) | 51.26 | 94% | 2021-01-04 |
| 44551. | DiCaprioz (gagah) | 51.26 | — | 2010-07-21 |
| 44552. | timothy (farmer1234) | 51.26 | 89% | 2015-02-09 |
| 44553. | kys (abiagelkopp) | 51.25 | 95% | 2025-12-10 |
| 44554. | ㅇㅇ (sang810) | 51.25 | 98% | 2025-11-05 |
| 44555. | kannan (kannans8575) | 51.25 | 93.6% | 2024-06-05 |
| 44556. | Tim (phuc131) | 51.25 | 93% | 2013-05-29 |
| 44557. | Jordan Clipner (clipner21) | 51.24 | 96% | 2025-05-12 |
| 44558. | ByX0 (byx0) | 51.24 | 94% | 2025-03-30 |
| 44559. | dog (zayan704) | 51.24 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
| 44560. | Luuk (luukfit) | 51.24 | 94.8% | 2024-03-18 |
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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 |