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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| 42148. | blitter (blitter56) | 54.22 | 94% | 2021-06-26 |
| 42149. | Taco (taco_mann) | 54.22 | 97% | 2012-09-16 |
| 42150. | Petter (noclue) | 54.22 | 93% | 2015-09-17 |
| 42151. | MArcel (marcel01) | 54.22 | 91% | 2013-12-18 |
| 42152. | Cayman (cayman) | 54.22 | 96% | 2013-04-17 |
| 42153. | ROCKET+ (zalvinz_7) | 54.21 | 94% | 2024-05-16 |
| 42154. | Lambit Dohotia (ilambit) | 54.21 | 96% | 2024-05-31 |
| 42155. | pickleddillo (viigavic) | 54.21 | 95% | 2020-12-02 |
| 42156. | Dan (chuen6011) | 54.21 | 84% | 2017-01-12 |
| 42157. | Ahmed (sudanix) | 54.21 | 90% | 2011-10-26 |
| 42158. | md. yeasin (shovan642) | 54.21 | 94% | 2015-11-20 |
| 42159. | FxckingBadAtThis (illustr4tum) | 54.20 | 95% | 2024-03-20 |
| 42160. | mohmmad saleem malik (cosmo... | 54.20 | 97% | 2025-04-12 |
| 42161. | Zartig (zartig) | 54.20 | 94% | 2024-06-20 |
| 42162. | Andrew (andruu) | 54.20 | 96% | 2024-01-30 |
| 42163. | patrick (lucky_ninja3412) | 54.20 | 93% | 2021-08-13 |
| 42164. | ANGIE (bahama_mama) | 54.19 | 94% | 2024-03-11 |
| 42165. | nem (nem2k18) | 54.19 | 93% | 2021-08-02 |
| 42166. | Hachi (animob55) | 54.19 | 95% | 2025-06-12 |
| 42167. | brahim (idkwtfigo) | 54.19 | 95% | 2025-05-06 |
| 42168. | Balaaditya (balaaditya) | 54.19 | 95.3% | 2025-02-23 |
| 42169. | George (george_1) | 54.19 | 96% | 2024-09-04 |
| 42170. | Luhkoh (luhkoh) | 54.19 | 95.1% | 2023-11-17 |
| 42171. | Ktob (ktob07) | 54.19 | 96% | 2024-01-05 |
| 42172. | Anish (bira_01) | 54.19 | 96% | 2021-06-18 |
| 42173. | Paitpan (mixptp) | 54.19 | 96% | 2021-01-17 |
| 42174. | दीपक (deepakfunin) | 54.19 | 92% | 2014-05-21 |
| 42175. | Carl (gimaritis) | 54.19 | 91% | 2014-11-18 |
| 42176. | kaemai (kaemai) | 54.18 | 98% | 2024-03-09 |
| 42177. | kheireddine (kheireddine1) | 54.18 | 97.5% | 2024-04-23 |
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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 |