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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37511. | Syed Ahmad Shah (ahmadshah07) | 60.16 | 96% | 2025-08-09 |
| 37512. | thanoskababu (thanoskababu) | 60.16 | 94% | 2024-11-12 |
| 37513. | ಠ▄ಠ (bettermichael) | 60.15 | 90% | 2015-08-10 |
| 37514. | Andrew (cenidozaandrew) | 60.15 | 93% | 2014-09-03 |
| 37515. | Abin (abinantony) | 60.15 | 98% | 2025-10-01 |
| 37516. | Ben (men_biller) | 60.15 | 96% | 2021-04-21 |
| 37517. | Esmael (esmael_) | 60.15 | 93.2% | 2023-07-17 |
| 37518. | alTair (altair21k) | 60.15 | 98% | 2026-02-08 |
| 37519. | brandon (brandon64) | 60.15 | 97% | 2023-11-20 |
| 37520. | Wisno (tmxinh) | 60.15 | 97.3% | 2023-11-19 |
| 37521. | Alim (agropop) | 60.15 | 96.3% | 2024-03-09 |
| 37522. | moose elk (moose_elk) | 60.15 | 93.8% | 2024-03-02 |
| 37523. | Lilly (mareepslayer) | 60.15 | 96% | 2024-05-08 |
| 37524. | Aryan (aryandeore) | 60.15 | 97% | 2020-12-22 |
| 37525. | Daniel (bricke) | 60.15 | 96% | 2025-05-09 |
| 37526. | Mahdy (ahmedmahdy0007) | 60.15 | 95% | 2023-07-17 |
| 37527. | Kira (ak292) | 60.14 | 97.3% | 2024-12-14 |
| 37528. | Rusty (saddled) | 60.14 | 95% | 2020-09-30 |
| 37529. | Saubhagya (saubhagyaas) | 60.14 | 92% | 2014-07-26 |
| 37530. | Code (code_swtich) | 60.14 | 98.3% | 2023-10-06 |
| 37531. | DemonBoy (devilboy_shades) | 60.14 | 95% | 2024-04-01 |
| 37532. | SpennyDee (spennydee) | 60.14 | 94.9% | 2024-05-18 |
| 37533. | KunalS (kunal48764) | 60.14 | 93.7% | 2024-08-09 |
| 37534. | HBPM (praveenmanohar) | 60.14 | 91% | 2013-08-16 |
| 37535. | Darkseid (darkseid05) | 60.14 | 96% | 2025-12-09 |
| 37536. | sarah (infiniterace) | 60.13 | 98% | 2025-06-19 |
| 37537. | DuncanSx (sugarboi) | 60.13 | 94.8% | 2024-03-30 |
| 37538. | Yuzhe (yuzhe_) | 60.13 | 95.2% | 2023-12-30 |
| 37539. | Peter (kripch1021) | 60.13 | 95% | 2018-12-17 |
| 37540. | Carlo (godflames) | 60.13 | 91% | 2016-04-21 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |