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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8038. | prasmanan (prasmanan) | 91.17 | 99% | 2024-03-27 |
8039. | Maddie (mta001) | 91.17 | 95% | 2012-10-22 |
8040. | chipy (chipysmile) | 91.17 | 97% | 2017-05-12 |
8041. | Christian (lawlbasaur) | 91.16 | 99% | 2021-05-24 |
8042. | 🐼 (bobby76) | 91.16 | 99% | 2020-12-20 |
8043. | Brian (bellerus) | 91.16 | 96% | 2012-06-18 |
8044. | Christopher (morloff) | 91.15 | 96% | 2012-12-24 |
8045. | ... (the_sesquipedalienist) | 91.15 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
8046. | Micah (jchthys) | 91.15 | 98% | 2012-07-17 |
8047. | Filip (filip26) | 91.14 | 97% | 2020-06-24 |
8048. | Linfeng (llinfeng) | 91.14 | 94% | 2017-03-27 |
8049. | Chao (cqsheng) | 91.14 | 95% | 2013-07-04 |
8050. | catfree (catfree) | 91.13 | 95.9% | 2021-02-10 |
8051. | berkay (berkayyalin) | 91.13 | 98% | 2022-04-28 |
8052. | Daniel (shadebyte) | 91.13 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
8053. | Wei (yayitswei) | 91.13 | 98% | 2021-03-16 |
8054. | svenplb (svenplb) | 91.12 | 98% | 2024-03-19 |
8055. | Orgalorrrrg (orgalorg) | 91.12 | 98.5% | 2024-03-06 |
8056. | david (daviddavedaviddave) | 91.12 | 96% | 2021-03-13 |
8057. | Matt (demigod2005yr) | 91.11 | 98% | 2016-06-15 |
8058. | Fletch (fletch10) | 91.11 | 96% | 2020-01-21 |
8059. | gabe (gabeeeeee) | 91.11 | 96% | 2022-01-12 |
8060. | Edward (batskater1234) | 91.11 | 99% | 2022-04-24 |
8061. | Hunain (hunain) | 91.11 | 94% | 2012-01-10 |
8062. | Marko (hempsa) | 91.11 | 97% | 2012-03-24 |
8063. | Kagi (ivankeyz) | 91.11 | 94% | 2016-06-30 |
8064. | Mitchell (mrfreeze) | 91.11 | 97% | 2016-04-30 |
8065. | Matt (magzter) | 91.10 | — | 2011-03-16 |
8066. | Johnathan (uneasybbj) | 91.10 | 98% | 2014-05-12 |
8067. | Alvin (vinch23) | 91.10 | 98% | 2024-01-26 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |