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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6208. | Olli (loppukilpailija) | 99.68 | 98% | 2020-06-27 |
| 6209. | (benignbluntness) | 99.67 | 98% | 2025-06-01 |
| 6210. | (aeriesplays) | 99.67 | 98.6% | 2023-10-04 |
| 6211. | (oatmeal417) | 99.67 | 99% | 2025-09-28 |
| 6212. | (adhmedz) | 99.66 | 97.1% | 2024-09-07 |
| 6213. | (_wm_) | 99.66 | 95% | 2014-09-26 |
| 6214. | (roymaaa) | 99.66 | 98% | 2016-09-03 |
| 6215. | (bruh432) | 99.65 | 98% | 2021-07-29 |
| 6216. | (holdcop) | 99.65 | 98% | 2021-12-07 |
| 6217. | (engscholar15) | 99.65 | 99% | 2022-09-10 |
| 6218. | Qi (whathaha) | 99.65 | 96% | 2022-04-26 |
| 6219. | (3doog) | 99.65 | 98% | 2012-07-08 |
| 6220. | (fly1nthe5ky) | 99.64 | 98.6% | 2024-05-12 |
| 6221. | (mightysa) | 99.63 | 98% | 2020-07-01 |
| 6222. | (ted21) | 99.63 | 97% | 2019-07-03 |
| 6223. | (lastalchemist) | 99.63 | 99% | 2022-07-08 |
| 6224. | Data (datainferno) | 99.62 | 96% | 2025-10-29 |
| 6225. | (hansonterence123) | 99.62 | 97.4% | 2024-09-20 |
| 6226. | (fartherthanu2) | 99.62 | 98% | 2023-08-20 |
| 6227. | (ace4896) | 99.62 | 98% | 2019-10-14 |
| 6228. | (jamber_onyx) | 99.62 | 99% | 2022-05-20 |
| 6229. | (cmrrockstar85) | 99.61 | 98% | 2020-10-21 |
| 6230. | (crayonpuzzle) | 99.61 | 99% | 2025-10-24 |
| 6231. | (qatarking24) | 99.61 | 98% | 2025-10-16 |
| 6232. | Andy Yusuf (twinsgroup) | 99.61 | 92% | 2013-11-17 |
| 6233. | (saltysnit) | 99.60 | 98.8% | 2024-07-09 |
| 6234. | (aida_sma_777) | 99.60 | 95% | 2026-02-19 |
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| 6237. | (shynobipwnz) | 99.60 | 91% | 2013-02-06 |
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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 |