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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| 8009. | viel (viel19) | 95.74 | 98% | 2021-06-23 |
| 8010. | Hieu (megaracerhieu) | 95.74 | 97% | 2025-12-10 |
| 8011. | Giulio (giulio89) | 95.74 | 98% | 2017-06-26 |
| 8012. | skaffold (skaffold2) | 95.73 | 97% | 2024-09-07 |
| 8013. | unrealdude (unrealdude6) | 95.73 | 96.6% | 2023-11-15 |
| 8014. | ZeroNine (dtrix) | 95.73 | 98% | 2012-10-09 |
| 8015. | NiceOne (pkzviiv) | 95.72 | 98% | 2023-03-10 |
| 8016. | Mexikorn (mexikorn) | 95.72 | 98% | 2021-08-16 |
| 8017. | neotoky0 (neotoky0) | 95.72 | — | 2010-12-08 |
| 8018. | eric (haccord016) | 95.72 | 71% | 2013-07-22 |
| 8019. | Hello (blakeiv) | 95.71 | 93% | 2013-07-25 |
| 8020. | THE JEWELL (wildhorsesthe2nd) | 95.71 | 98% | 2019-03-05 |
| 8021. | Prokopis (zorgolong99) | 95.71 | 97% | 2019-12-01 |
| 8022. | Dissi (darksteal132) | 95.71 | 95% | 2016-04-28 |
| 8023. | Jim (pokemontcg2) | 95.70 | 97% | 2021-11-07 |
| 8024. | Peggy (peggyrwa) | 95.70 | 95% | 2016-11-07 |
| 8025. | erm (ermmmm) | 95.69 | 97.3% | 2025-05-18 |
| 8026. | conturna (conturna) | 95.69 | 98% | 2025-06-26 |
| 8027. | Henry (hit_games) | 95.69 | 97% | 2025-10-14 |
| 8028. | rantan (rantanplann) | 95.69 | 97% | 2019-05-26 |
| 8029. | nak0z (nak0z) | 95.69 | 99% | 2012-04-09 |
| 8030. | Shirou (ness_20xx) | 95.68 | 97% | 2020-07-11 |
| 8031. | Kristopher (donthurtme) | 95.68 | 95% | 2013-10-10 |
| 8032. | Labobo (labobo123) | 95.67 | 97% | 2024-07-25 |
| 8033. | Colin (cwreath43) | 95.67 | 97% | 2023-05-01 |
| 8034. | 📵 (sstormwolf22) | 95.67 | 97% | 2021-07-22 |
| 8035. | lettel (lettel) | 95.67 | 98.3% | 2025-03-18 |
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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 |