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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| 45126. | Hugh (gbush2000) | 49.79 | 94% | 2020-09-11 |
| 45127. | Apples (apples07) | 49.79 | 93% | 2016-03-13 |
| 45128. | typer (kmanghat) | 49.78 | 96% | 2020-12-10 |
| 45129. | Binod (binodmx) | 49.77 | 97% | 2017-06-08 |
| 45130. | S (sum917) | 49.77 | 94% | 2020-03-18 |
| 45131. | Matt (flapjack245) | 49.77 | 93% | 2025-05-09 |
| 45132. | Tuấn Anh (tuananhnbt) | 49.77 | — | 2010-08-25 |
| 45133. | Kyle (kyleark) | 49.76 | 96% | 2023-04-04 |
| 45134. | Amani (amani7) | 49.76 | 99% | 2013-11-14 |
| 45135. | Thilash (thilash) | 49.75 | 96% | 2014-10-06 |
| 45136. | dawn (dreamwastaken) | 49.75 | 94% | 2020-09-17 |
| 45137. | Wan (rockzzwan) | 49.75 | 99% | 2025-08-21 |
| 45138. | Rowand (rowand) | 49.75 | 97% | 2025-10-21 |
| 45139. | RadStar (radstar) | 49.75 | 98% | 2024-05-11 |
| 45140. | Aaryan sharma (aaryan21) | 49.75 | 96% | 2021-10-17 |
| 45141. | Maddie (mfighter) | 49.75 | 94% | 2018-06-30 |
| 45142. | sykn (sykn) | 49.74 | 96% | 2025-06-24 |
| 45143. | Matthew (nyakurikun) | 49.74 | 97% | 2024-12-09 |
| 45144. | ach5910 (ach5910) | 49.74 | 94.6% | 2024-02-29 |
| 45145. | Cong (darkness1102) | 49.74 | 91% | 2011-10-20 |
| 45146. | Nab00 (popipopipo) | 49.73 | 97.4% | 2024-08-19 |
| 45147. | rahul (rahulkanchan) | 49.73 | 99% | 2012-12-05 |
| 45148. | David Darko (netthephoenix) | 49.73 | 92.4% | 2024-04-06 |
| 45149. | kaoMoRa (kao_mora) | 49.73 | 97% | 2026-04-24 |
| 45150. | rhythm (rhythm93) | 49.72 | 96% | 2025-04-15 |
| 45151. | Mark (mongolianmark) | 49.71 | 97% | 2025-05-23 |
| 45152. | MeDottExe (medottexe) | 49.71 | 92.4% | 2025-02-10 |
| 45153. | redblood (redblood554) | 49.71 | 96.6% | 2023-12-07 |
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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 |