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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38282. | krishna (krishnak_ksm) | 56.59 | 95% | 2025-03-01 |
38283. | vaughn (vaughn2smo) | 56.59 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
38284. | evelyn (evelyn__g) | 56.59 | 96.9% | 2024-01-26 |
38285. | Bennard Savage (savagefelle... | 56.59 | 96% | 2024-09-25 |
38286. | Capt'n Redbeard (redmar33) | 56.59 | 96.8% | 2024-10-09 |
38287. | Matthew (matthewbird) | 56.59 | 94% | 2018-11-13 |
38288. | Juliet (juliet666589) | 56.59 | 96% | 2017-03-09 |
38289. | Yuri (ceaseless_melon) | 56.58 | 97% | 2020-11-04 |
38290. | Bail (bail_o_hay) | 56.58 | 95% | 2025-06-26 |
38291. | Kashmir (mominkashmir) | 56.58 | 95.9% | 2025-02-10 |
38292. | The Green (hemanth37) | 56.58 | 96% | 2023-05-16 |
38293. | Ten (73n5h1mm) | 56.58 | 96% | 2022-05-01 |
38294. | Angelo (angelo_reyes) | 56.58 | 94% | 2024-01-04 |
38295. | Jordyn :) (makkenji) | 56.58 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
38296. | sheesh (reflex_wraiths) | 56.58 | 95.3% | 2024-11-15 |
38297. | Shakeel (shakeelhadir) | 56.58 | 92% | 2015-07-11 |
38298. | J.B.I (slow_typer125) | 56.57 | 96% | 2024-09-02 |
38299. | flirp (flirpz3000) | 56.57 | 96% | 2024-03-02 |
38300. | Benjamin Dover (12isoldenough) | 56.57 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
38301. | thomas (tmastri) | 56.57 | 97% | 2021-05-18 |
38302. | ashiq hussain wani (ashiqwani) | 56.57 | 98.8% | 2024-11-14 |
38303. | Tom (gnengi) | 56.57 | 91% | 2012-12-15 |
38304. | Kroc (kroc) | 56.57 | 99% | 2021-05-28 |
38305. | Divu (divdev25) | 56.57 | 95% | 2018-05-31 |
38306. | Vince Types (vincea0923) | 56.56 | 94.2% | 2024-05-09 |
38307. | Matt (obeymaqua) | 56.56 | 97% | 2024-10-17 |
38308. | John (john_locke606) | 56.56 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
38309. | Noz (noz_) | 56.56 | 96% | 2022-05-30 |
38310. | MostPassiveUser (mostpassiv... | 56.56 | 96.7% | 2025-02-13 |
38311. | DrK (drk1) | 56.56 | 93% | 2017-02-07 |
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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 |