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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42400. | Nguyen (ngamykaka) | 48.84 | 92% | 2012-02-08 |
| 42401. | Emil Børsting (torben350) | 48.84 | 88% | 2013-11-21 |
| 42402. | Claude (pachec) | 48.84 | 98% | 2022-08-10 |
| 42403. | Tuong (tuong999) | 48.84 | 92% | 2014-08-26 |
| 42404. | nguyễn quang (tieuphongvt) | 48.84 | — | 2010-10-07 |
| 42405. | Mr Sha (mr_sha) | 48.83 | 96% | 2024-10-07 |
| 42406. | Richard (richard121) | 48.83 | 93% | 2024-08-15 |
| 42407. | Juck (juck52) | 48.83 | 95.2% | 2023-12-14 |
| 42408. | Evaop (gzlwan22) | 48.83 | 93% | 2012-12-15 |
| 42409. | Hans (mallsome) | 48.82 | 94% | 2024-04-12 |
| 42410. | Tiankong (tiankong) | 48.82 | 94.7% | 2023-11-26 |
| 42411. | Karnouk (karnouk) | 48.82 | 91% | 2016-08-22 |
| 42412. | DANIEL (justdan) | 48.81 | 95% | 2024-10-06 |
| 42413. | cloe (mxcloe) | 48.81 | 93.5% | 2024-10-14 |
| 42414. | chen chieh (chieh) | 48.81 | 95.2% | 2024-02-07 |
| 42415. | Redsource (redsource) | 48.81 | 86% | 2013-04-23 |
| 42416. | Nithya (nemonemo) | 48.80 | 83% | 2016-09-23 |
| 42417. | Didididid (dididid) | 48.80 | 97% | 2024-04-02 |
| 42418. | Deval (devaldevil) | 48.80 | 93% | 2025-04-30 |
| 42419. | tstats[dangerdungara] (dang... | 48.80 | 97% | 2023-06-12 |
| 42420. | Ramin (raminkamali96) | 48.79 | 95% | 2024-05-17 |
| 42421. | Loolaam (lameguy99) | 48.79 | 96.4% | 2024-03-26 |
| 42422. | 197 (greenlord) | 48.79 | 97.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 42423. | Phong (phongdiepp) | 48.79 | 94% | 2021-03-18 |
| 42424. | Guest (typeracer_2005) | 48.78 | 96% | 2025-01-02 |
| 42425. | oxy (stolenoxys) | 48.78 | 95.3% | 2023-12-28 |
| 42426. | EightyTu (eightytu) | 48.78 | 97.5% | 2024-06-25 |
| 42427. | badomiso (badomisocolemak) | 48.78 | — | 2010-12-20 |
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| 42429. | Craft (crafton) | 48.77 | — | 2011-03-25 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |