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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7996. | Xtra (xtracatchy1) | 94.69 | 97% | 2024-07-23 |
| 7997. | Chris (wazzu) | 94.69 | 95% | 2013-01-03 |
| 7998. | py (pytech) | 94.69 | 99% | 2024-11-09 |
| 7999. | kogli (kogli) | 94.68 | 98% | 2025-07-07 |
| 8000. | Bryan (bubbleslim6) | 94.68 | 98% | 2021-05-14 |
| 8001. | Green Tea (2001186) | 94.68 | 97% | 2024-03-08 |
| 8002. | Zale (zllee) | 94.68 | 95.7% | 2024-11-09 |
| 8003. | Akribane (masterpiggy131) | 94.68 | 97.3% | 2024-06-27 |
| 8004. | Ja-kobe (jrutz26) | 94.68 | 98% | 2022-08-08 |
| 8005. | Andre (andreangelo) | 94.68 | 98% | 2020-06-06 |
| 8006. | Will (zilus) | 94.68 | 91% | 2012-11-14 |
| 8007. | Charles (scoobysnackss) | 94.68 | 98% | 2018-03-12 |
| 8008. | Anthony (lukiilegend) | 94.68 | 95% | 2014-12-13 |
| 8009. | Volxage (volxage) | 94.67 | 96.1% | 2024-12-21 |
| 8010. | B( . Y . )BS (100accuracy) | 94.67 | 96% | 2012-08-31 |
| 8011. | Angelo (jgello) | 94.67 | 96% | 2021-07-05 |
| 8012. | Evan (evanpugs44) | 94.66 | 95.6% | 2025-03-26 |
| 8013. | Daniel (dbinette03) | 94.66 | 97.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 8014. | ollir (ollir) | 94.66 | 98% | 2021-10-18 |
| 8015. | Robert (trewgrip1) | 94.66 | 98% | 2014-01-06 |
| 8016. | Manuel (manguy0705) | 94.66 | 92% | 2016-09-07 |
| 8017. | TheInfo (theinfo) | 94.65 | 98.8% | 2024-04-12 |
| 8018. | Enzo (enzog) | 94.65 | 97% | 2021-01-12 |
| 8019. | Shmuel (sambo60) | 94.65 | 97% | 2012-05-15 |
| 8020. | Mitko (mitang31) | 94.65 | 98% | 2015-11-06 |
| 8021. | buff (buffjezos) | 94.64 | 99% | 2024-03-23 |
| 8022. | Ryuji (ryuji_shinki) | 94.64 | 98.8% | 2021-01-30 |
| 8023. | saidufhoiausdfjoi (siufhaoi... | 94.63 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
| 8024. | Sleepy (yipyap) | 94.63 | 97% | 2016-10-23 |
| 8025. | sdaaa (sdaaa) | 94.63 | 98% | 2018-11-27 |
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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 |