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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| 44879. | dropeee (dropeee) | 50.15 | 92% | 2024-08-25 |
| 44880. | River (dogtechie) | 50.15 | 93.7% | 2024-05-27 |
| 44881. | Oscar (o_c_k_i) | 50.15 | 96% | 2025-03-22 |
| 44882. | Liam (mlm8897) | 50.15 | 95% | 2011-12-16 |
| 44883. | Carter (carter6510) | 50.15 | 95% | 2014-12-28 |
| 44884. | Insta: Thomas.Rowland (chop... | 50.15 | 92% | 2011-05-19 |
| 44885. | Seungil (biam83) | 50.14 | 95% | 2016-04-05 |
| 44886. | Canerie (canerieroe) | 50.14 | 93% | 2022-04-26 |
| 44887. | raman cheeta (cheeta1121122) | 50.14 | 93.4% | 2025-01-08 |
| 44888. | I snowboard (isnowboard) | 50.14 | 95.6% | 2024-05-21 |
| 44889. | Carlos (dustichux867) | 50.14 | 87% | 2015-01-16 |
| 44890. | Adien (skycreeper) | 50.14 | 91% | 2017-02-26 |
| 44891. | Danja (la_danja) | 50.14 | 96% | 2021-01-13 |
| 44892. | Spiff Kartel (spiff_kartel) | 50.13 | 96% | 2025-09-15 |
| 44893. | Tovic (todave) | 50.13 | 97% | 2022-07-16 |
| 44894. | Kate (mollymooch) | 50.13 | 89% | 2012-08-24 |
| 44895. | demon (demonstrate) | 50.12 | 96% | 2023-08-24 |
| 44896. | Ricky (seratoph) | 50.12 | 89% | 2014-10-01 |
| 44897. | anver (anverali) | 50.12 | 86% | 2014-07-05 |
| 44898. | qminh (minh11112) | 50.11 | 96.6% | 2024-07-08 |
| 44899. | TheDaniel02715 (thedaniel02... | 50.11 | 93% | 2024-05-24 |
| 44900. | Valak (dragos_valak12) | 50.11 | 94% | 2026-04-08 |
| 44901. | Himansh (rohit_saini) | 50.11 | 95% | 2022-03-28 |
| 44902. | Us (usa13) | 50.11 | 96.4% | 2024-03-02 |
| 44903. | Nisan SIngh (nisansingh) | 50.10 | 94% | 2025-02-25 |
| 44904. | jo (kissmuass) | 50.10 | 96.4% | 2024-11-29 |
| 44905. | +923326006034 (janan9233260... | 50.10 | 94% | 2021-08-12 |
| 44906. | nootnoot (ezoid_nootnoot) | 50.10 | 95% | 2021-11-25 |
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| 44908. | Muhammad (muhammadimran) | 50.09 | 96% | 2013-09-18 |
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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 |