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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3912. | watf (watf3) | 107.79 | 97% | 2012-01-08 |
| 3913. | Derek (thenyaz) | 107.78 | 99% | 2025-12-06 |
| 3914. | पलविंदर सà¤... | 107.78 | 99% | 2022-03-21 |
| 3915. | Sleggo (sleggo) | 107.78 | 98% | 2024-06-21 |
| 3916. | スレトãƒãƒ³ (slethron) | 107.78 | 99% | 2023-05-05 |
| 3917. | Slobodan (bekca) | 107.78 | 96% | 2014-10-07 |
| 3918. | Kenneth (sagaciouskjb) | 107.77 | 97% | 2011-10-22 |
| 3919. | Meio (meio) | 107.77 | 98.6% | 2024-01-28 |
| 3920. | Joe (fauntleroy42) | 107.77 | 96% | 2016-08-02 |
| 3921. | adam (adumyumyum) | 107.75 | 98.3% | 2024-09-28 |
| 3922. | babao (babao) | 107.75 | 97.5% | 2024-03-28 |
| 3923. | Storytime (sharlo) | 107.75 | 99% | 2021-07-16 |
| 3924. | Kevin (polarizing) | 107.75 | 95% | 2016-07-20 |
| 3925. | #2 (nigelbo) | 107.75 | 95% | 2012-09-08 |
| 3926. | Josh (leo27487) | 107.74 | 98% | 2020-06-15 |
| 3927. | Gabriel (oppatv) | 107.74 | 99% | 2018-08-11 |
| 3928. | BlueJay314 (eajohnson2@live... | 107.73 | 99% | 2022-05-31 |
| 3929. | soldano (soldano) | 107.73 | 98% | 2021-07-11 |
| 3930. | prox (proxisos) | 107.71 | 99.5% | 2024-12-17 |
| 3931. | jesse (catdog9000) | 107.71 | 99% | 2024-06-08 |
| 3932. | Yair (tovahi10) | 107.71 | 94% | 2014-03-20 |
| 3933. | Pogfrog (pogfrog1) | 107.69 | 100% | 2021-03-03 |
| 3934. | Kurt (kurtl) | 107.69 | 92% | 2014-03-28 |
| 3935. | Kaiji (johnpetrucci) | 107.69 | — | 2010-10-27 |
| 3936. | Kid A (endy72) | 107.68 | 97% | 2025-12-02 |
| 3937. | Garfield (garfield_fluff_jr) | 107.68 | 98.3% | 2024-05-12 |
| 3938. | Splat (splatoobie) | 107.67 | 98.4% | 2024-09-19 |
| 3939. | Conning (conning) | 107.67 | 97% | 2016-02-02 |
| 3940. | No quitting (no_quitting) | 107.67 | 97% | 2012-07-17 |
| 3941. | PepperShalty (peppershalty) | 107.66 | 99% | 2024-04-26 |
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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 |