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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| 20085. | Ronny (rocygel) | 76.31 | 93% | 2017-02-19 |
| 20086. | Ammar (muhammad_ammar01) | 76.31 | 88% | 2016-12-27 |
| 20087. | David (davidgreniercolemak) | 76.31 | 97% | 2013-04-11 |
| 20088. | I_don't_want_to_live_in_Egy... | 76.30 | 95% | 2025-02-01 |
| 20089. | Alex N (atnii) | 76.30 | 96% | 2024-12-18 |
| 20090. | claire (colivia_) | 76.30 | 99% | 2024-12-11 |
| 20091. | Phrexus (phrexus91) | 76.30 | 98% | 2024-06-11 |
| 20092. | Matthew (mattyb_) | 76.30 | 94.9% | 2024-04-23 |
| 20093. | Flavkid (kavinfidel30) | 76.30 | 98.1% | 2024-01-30 |
| 20094. | Douglas (dkyez) | 76.30 | 97% | 2021-01-17 |
| 20095. | Racer (ryanbuske13) | 76.30 | 96% | 2024-09-12 |
| 20096. | TK (tknebel) | 76.30 | 95% | 2016-07-17 |
| 20097. | Abhishek (create_a_account) | 76.30 | 96.7% | 2023-11-08 |
| 20098. | Chat (chat_ro) | 76.30 | 98.6% | 2024-05-30 |
| 20099. | Tsumiki (otakutaco12) | 76.30 | 92% | 2016-01-24 |
| 20100. | Vinayak (arsenalfab) | 76.30 | 95% | 2013-07-03 |
| 20101. | Riberto (rob405) | 76.29 | 97% | 2023-06-28 |
| 20102. | Staple (stapler_meteorite) | 76.29 | 96% | 2024-11-26 |
| 20103. | Stan (sttdex) | 76.29 | 98.1% | 2024-08-01 |
| 20104. | Sptcated_unit (dungnt00) | 76.29 | 97% | 2024-04-09 |
| 20105. | Vinzynth (chrl) | 76.29 | 96% | 2023-07-30 |
| 20106. | Rafa (rafael1548) | 76.29 | 96% | 2020-06-16 |
| 20107. | FREE Palestine (stilllobste... | 76.29 | 96% | 2023-05-04 |
| 20108. | skream² (galil_gaben) | 76.29 | 97% | 2022-12-21 |
| 20109. | Proteus93 (proteus93) | 76.29 | 89% | 2016-04-13 |
| 20110. | Brian (ace213) | 76.29 | 97% | 2018-07-24 |
| 20111. | long (longbui123) | 76.28 | 98% | 2023-03-14 |
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| 20114. | Katherine (incur) | 76.28 | 96% | 2021-04-10 |
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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 |