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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19895. | Tmo (zvblast) | 76.35 | 93% | 2013-06-10 |
| 19896. | sid (sidsh548) | 76.34 | 97% | 2024-05-15 |
| 19897. | Krushna (krush111878) | 76.34 | 97.4% | 2024-07-23 |
| 19898. | NOJ8 (noj8) | 76.34 | 95% | 2021-06-14 |
| 19899. | Andrew (magemama) | 76.34 | — | 2010-06-20 |
| 19900. | Das (dastony1311) | 76.34 | 98% | 2019-04-09 |
| 19901. | Michael (demolisher) | 76.34 | — | 2011-03-20 |
| 19902. | Slow_Hand (slow_handss) | 76.33 | 97.7% | 2023-12-29 |
| 19903. | Snail (snailspeeder) | 76.33 | 97.3% | 2024-08-29 |
| 19904. | Big S (zver8908) | 76.33 | 97% | 2021-02-11 |
| 19905. | Molality (molality) | 76.33 | 94% | 2016-05-26 |
| 19906. | Vik (vikb) | 76.33 | 92% | 2015-11-20 |
| 19907. | \___Sailor___/ (stalker333) | 76.33 | 96% | 2018-11-11 |
| 19908. | Peter (pitacoche) | 76.32 | 98% | 2025-05-05 |
| 19909. | Phil (hawkk) | 76.32 | 96% | 2024-02-02 |
| 19910. | iamsincan (iamsincan) | 76.32 | 95.6% | 2024-01-13 |
| 19911. | vah vah (veskii) | 76.31 | 96.3% | 2024-12-25 |
| 19912. | elmehdi (elmehdi) | 76.31 | 99% | 2024-09-06 |
| 19913. | Tung (haruharu2257) | 76.31 | 98.3% | 2024-06-02 |
| 19914. | K4_keyChan_ (k4_keychan_) | 76.31 | 96% | 2021-12-28 |
| 19915. | . (naxuda) | 76.31 | 92% | 2012-09-24 |
| 19916. | Michael (kimbo1414) | 76.31 | 94.9% | 2024-11-14 |
| 19917. | typey boy (kylewh0421) | 76.31 | 93% | 2016-02-16 |
| 19918. | Cara (clmcwilliams) | 76.31 | 96% | 2015-08-15 |
| 19919. | Rob (fatygo) | 76.31 | 97% | 2012-10-23 |
| 19920. | Chandler (ceejaytg) | 76.31 | 92% | 2013-05-28 |
| 19921. | Ronny (rocygel) | 76.31 | 93% | 2017-02-19 |
| 19922. | Ammar (muhammad_ammar01) | 76.31 | 88% | 2016-12-27 |
| 19923. | David (davidgreniercolemak) | 76.31 | 97% | 2013-04-11 |
| 19924. | I_don't_want_to_live_in_Egy... | 76.30 | 95% | 2025-02-01 |
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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 |