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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| 43905. | Eric (reefguzzler) | 52.04 | 94% | 2015-11-12 |
| 43906. | Christina (cmkl85) | 52.04 | 95% | 2015-07-07 |
| 43907. | Sarah (sarah_alsharif_) | 52.03 | 95% | 2022-11-08 |
| 43908. | Erilyn (erilyn444) | 52.03 | 93.4% | 2024-08-29 |
| 43909. | Kyle (kyle0608) | 52.03 | 96% | 2024-01-28 |
| 43910. | Karol (kbagi) | 52.03 | 96% | 2021-04-25 |
| 43911. | Zodi (zodi_dutoit) | 52.03 | 95% | 2021-03-29 |
| 43912. | Kurai (kuraiflame) | 52.03 | 93% | 2019-05-17 |
| 43913. | Mizanur (mizanur16) | 52.03 | 99% | 2020-10-27 |
| 43914. | Michael (blizzardhawk) | 52.03 | 95% | 2017-09-29 |
| 43915. | Ronald (realm) | 52.03 | — | 2010-08-30 |
| 43916. | Gin (gin_ichimaru) | 52.03 | 90% | 2015-03-21 |
| 43917. | ahmed (ahmedwm2) | 52.03 | 91% | 2015-08-04 |
| 43918. | Alina Borawski (alina_boraw... | 52.02 | 95.3% | 2025-04-04 |
| 43919. | Arlo (arlothegooddinosaur) | 52.02 | 95% | 2025-10-02 |
| 43920. | Saral (scrummaster) | 52.02 | 95% | 2018-06-15 |
| 43921. | chu (chu03) | 52.01 | 95% | 2024-07-30 |
| 43922. | BankBank (bank123) | 52.01 | 95% | 2024-12-11 |
| 43923. | Rystian (cap_redhawk) | 52.01 | 94% | 2022-02-10 |
| 43924. | arman (invoker870) | 52.01 | 95% | 2017-09-08 |
| 43925. | srivatsava (slowandcalm) | 52.01 | 97% | 2017-10-14 |
| 43926. | bryan (ailynmiole) | 52.01 | 93% | 2012-02-27 |
| 43927. | Newbie Typist (newbietypist... | 52.00 | 95% | 2025-04-05 |
| 43928. | Pronoob (pronoobc4) | 52.00 | 95% | 2025-02-10 |
| 43929. | Braden Wolf (bradenjw) | 52.00 | 96% | 2024-03-11 |
| 43930. | Slug (sluggy_wuggy) | 52.00 | 97% | 2024-01-20 |
| 43931. | WhoYouCallinPinhead (braede... | 52.00 | 97% | 2017-10-05 |
| 43932. | cliff (cahard) | 52.00 | 97% | 2013-08-15 |
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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 |