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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| 23154. | A (pinebug) | 74.32 | 99% | 2021-05-07 |
| 23155. | Chris (chrisjordan23) | 74.32 | 96.5% | 2024-01-16 |
| 23156. | Eskil (eskizzle) | 74.32 | 94% | 2014-05-12 |
| 23157. | duonghoang05@gmail.com (duo... | 74.32 | 97% | 2015-01-16 |
| 23158. | ナンドカ (augustus_dvk) | 74.31 | 96% | 2023-02-27 |
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| 23160. | sam (samiroo) | 74.31 | 97.8% | 2025-02-25 |
| 23161. | Drakka (drakkathedark) | 74.31 | 96% | 2025-09-20 |
| 23162. | Martin (telery_95) | 74.31 | 96% | 2021-12-06 |
| 23163. | Ranch (ranchie) | 74.31 | 96% | 2021-12-15 |
| 23164. | Mo (mrmo) | 74.31 | 93% | 2021-10-26 |
| 23165. | Fryyed (fryyedup) | 74.31 | 96.9% | 2023-12-19 |
| 23166. | Seeking (seekingtotype) | 74.31 | 97.4% | 2024-10-08 |
| 23167. | Guest (nextelement) | 74.31 | 94% | 2015-05-24 |
| 23168. | Ben (thefatman) | 74.31 | 97% | 2012-06-11 |
| 23169. | Reuben (phyterjet) | 74.31 | 95% | 2016-10-24 |
| 23170. | Yogesh (yogesh4ever) | 74.30 | 96.8% | 2025-03-05 |
| 23171. | Aemond (sevven28) | 74.30 | 96.3% | 2025-02-15 |
| 23172. | UgandaBeJoking (ugandabejok... | 74.30 | 98% | 2024-12-07 |
| 23173. | kavya (kookiejk) | 74.30 | 98.2% | 2024-12-14 |
| 23174. | Nikola (shporet) | 74.30 | 98% | 2019-04-20 |
| 23175. | KhYNaZu (khynazu) | 74.30 | 95% | 2024-08-21 |
| 23176. | r4ghuveer (r4ghuveer) | 74.30 | 97.2% | 2023-12-21 |
| 23177. | yecin (yannitata) | 74.30 | 97.2% | 2023-11-23 |
| 23178. | beatrace (beatrace21) | 74.30 | 96.7% | 2024-12-11 |
| 23179. | Dev (devgupta55) | 74.30 | 96% | 2022-06-13 |
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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 |