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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| 24235. | xocodeine (xocodeine) | 73.41 | 96.7% | 2024-01-24 |
| 24236. | Abhinand_Jijoy (abhinand_ji... | 73.41 | 97.9% | 2024-07-11 |
| 24237. | NoIBrows (noibrows) | 73.41 | 98.3% | 2024-06-10 |
| 24238. | Takuya (takinoue) | 73.41 | 96.5% | 2024-02-12 |
| 24239. | Keenan (keenanyj) | 73.41 | 98% | 2022-03-31 |
| 24240. | dirtychai (jordaneyesore) | 73.41 | 97.6% | 2024-09-09 |
| 24241. | samie$% (_i_am_sam) | 73.40 | 98.6% | 2025-04-23 |
| 24242. | SirHyper (sirhypersnacks) | 73.40 | 98% | 2025-04-29 |
| 24243. | Sean (knptzt) | 73.40 | 96% | 2020-04-12 |
| 24244. | MonkeyTyper (monkeytyper69er) | 73.40 | 97% | 2024-01-13 |
| 24245. | sj (sjrobertson) | 73.40 | 93% | 2015-02-16 |
| 24246. | Rami (coolster01) | 73.40 | 92% | 2015-06-28 |
| 24247. | Piklits (piklits) | 73.40 | 97% | 2021-02-26 |
| 24248. | Maurício (mv4rgas) | 73.40 | 99% | 2017-01-11 |
| 24249. | Leo (kalbshirn) | 73.40 | 95% | 2013-01-20 |
| 24250. | Greg (colemaklearner824) | 73.40 | 92% | 2016-03-01 |
| 24251. | thehonedleaf (thehonedleaf) | 73.39 | 96.3% | 2024-06-27 |
| 24252. | leol (leol678) | 73.39 | 95% | 2025-01-02 |
| 24253. | Yashwanth (warmblanket) | 73.39 | 96% | 2026-03-30 |
| 24254. | DrVee (drvee) | 73.39 | 97.9% | 2024-01-31 |
| 24255. | ed (bigponpon) | 73.39 | 98% | 2021-08-27 |
| 24256. | [Bl4nk] (mahneymchef) | 73.39 | 97% | 2022-05-16 |
| 24257. | Mark (10100) | 73.39 | 94.4% | 2024-02-04 |
| 24258. | Kelvin (lokkelvin2003) | 73.39 | 94% | 2013-10-10 |
| 24259. | Banuraga (banuraga) | 73.39 | 96% | 2016-12-06 |
| 24260. | Anjil (devanjil) | 73.38 | 96% | 2021-12-16 |
| 24261. | qq (hyrule_) | 73.38 | 95% | 2024-10-29 |
| 24262. | Bones Jones (igbinewekakevi... | 73.38 | 98% | 2013-10-31 |
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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 |