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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42574. | Jaciel (itsvybe) | 49.13 | 92% | 2019-03-12 |
| 42575. | Sooraj (thesgyro) | 49.13 | 95% | 2017-07-26 |
| 42576. | Elaina (erenton80) | 49.13 | 93% | 2015-02-03 |
| 42577. | boinge (boingee) | 49.12 | 93.8% | 2024-09-23 |
| 42578. | Noob (stupid_noob1) | 49.12 | 95% | 2024-04-16 |
| 42579. | okay__okey (okay__okey) | 49.12 | 95% | 2023-09-14 |
| 42580. | John (1underman123) | 49.12 | 96% | 2021-04-28 |
| 42581. | humm (humm) | 49.12 | — | 2011-04-19 |
| 42582. | gigi (jimmy_may) | 49.12 | 85% | 2013-04-06 |
| 42583. | kris (kriskarm) | 49.12 | 97% | 2012-07-02 |
| 42584. | Occrats (occrats) | 49.11 | 95% | 2024-07-25 |
| 42585. | seif (seifgost) | 49.10 | 94% | 2022-03-07 |
| 42586. | Jospeh (joseph_blota) | 49.10 | 97% | 2024-10-29 |
| 42587. | Maguro (maguro_sasakireal) | 49.10 | 96% | 2024-06-18 |
| 42588. | Andy Hue (andy_hue) | 49.10 | 91.6% | 2023-11-12 |
| 42589. | b0b1r (b0b1r) | 49.10 | 89% | 2012-07-23 |
| 42590. | Felix Nielsen (stephenbunting) | 49.09 | 96% | 2025-01-11 |
| 42591. | Levianth (pein46) | 49.09 | 99.3% | 2024-07-25 |
| 42592. | slow kid (usernotavailable2... | 49.09 | 94% | 2020-12-18 |
| 42593. | Origami (lilleline) | 49.09 | 88% | 2016-07-13 |
| 42594. | sendhilkumar (coolsendhil) | 49.09 | 91% | 2015-01-07 |
| 42595. | Ashik (ashikbillah) | 49.08 | 95.5% | 2024-08-13 |
| 42596. | why (itsgottabemin) | 49.08 | 95% | 2024-05-13 |
| 42597. | Halo (fishmona) | 49.08 | 96% | 2023-04-12 |
| 42598. | mitesh jeughale (mit001) | 49.07 | 97% | 2024-06-13 |
| 42599. | Hatrick (rccodes) | 49.07 | 86% | 2015-07-25 |
| 42600. | olivia (_o1iviaa) | 49.06 | 96% | 2025-02-11 |
| 42601. | francis (idominate123) | 49.06 | 86% | 2015-04-21 |
| 42602. | HUN (botyi22) | 49.06 | 96% | 2022-09-17 |
| 42603. | Anthony (nyspyda) | 49.06 | 93% | 2012-10-09 |
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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 |