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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24289. | Gagan Deep (slim0123) | 73.23 | 97.4% | 2024-05-31 |
| 24290. | Siopao (siopaoasado) | 73.23 | — | 2010-08-18 |
| 24291. | SANDEEP TYAGI (sandeep_tyagi) | 73.23 | 97% | 2013-10-19 |
| 24292. | Alexandre (malfortune) | 73.23 | 96% | 2018-09-03 |
| 24293. | Humongous6065 (humongous6065) | 73.22 | 96% | 2024-02-20 |
| 24294. | SEFA (sefa_) | 73.22 | 97% | 2023-03-09 |
| 24295. | Uther (parannoid) | 73.22 | 93% | 2014-08-17 |
| 24296. | BeanBoy (beanboy2) | 73.22 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 24297. | th (_learning_dvorak) | 73.22 | 97.3% | 2024-09-11 |
| 24298. | John (ntisco) | 73.22 | 96.6% | 2024-08-25 |
| 24299. | John Doe (slippysam) | 73.22 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
| 24300. | Baba Cheekuă (ajitsharma) | 73.22 | 99% | 2025-10-09 |
| 24301. | Le Roux (meneerotterkopx2) | 73.22 | 96.7% | 2024-07-06 |
| 24302. | bk (brk9) | 73.22 | 94% | 2024-09-29 |
| 24303. | qwvl (qwvl) | 73.22 | 95.1% | 2024-08-20 |
| 24304. | Quinlan (deval) | 73.22 | 94% | 2011-08-11 |
| 24305. | Karol (krl8456) | 73.21 | 97.9% | 2025-04-09 |
| 24306. | JkillahR (jkillahr) | 73.21 | 97% | 2025-06-07 |
| 24307. | Jan Avery (sewee) | 73.21 | 96.2% | 2024-08-31 |
| 24308. | Jake (captainperalta) | 73.21 | 94% | 2024-10-22 |
| 24309. | Andrew (yungror) | 73.21 | 95.9% | 2024-07-04 |
| 24310. | JMK (jmk_x) | 73.21 | 99% | 2025-01-28 |
| 24311. | Kippler (kippler1827) | 73.21 | 95% | 2022-07-14 |
| 24312. | McNulty (djdhillo) | 73.20 | 98% | 2026-01-27 |
| 24313. | builderdogalt (builderdogalt) | 73.20 | 96.7% | 2025-02-13 |
| 24314. | Dhyaneshwaran (dhyani1919) | 73.20 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
| 24315. | Hoang (hoangthien2003) | 73.20 | 95% | 2024-10-01 |
| 24316. | emily (picklehorse) | 73.20 | 96% | 2022-03-03 |
| 24317. | Martin (rykarn) | 73.20 | 96% | 2014-12-05 |
| 24318. | Shift J (shift_j_guy) | 73.19 | 96% | 2025-06-18 |
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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 |