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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| 42164. | Prakash Khadka KHADKA (prak... | 49.53 | 94% | 2023-01-15 |
| 42165. | Abhi (abhi_kheni) | 49.53 | 96.2% | 2024-02-17 |
| 42166. | Paramjit (paramjit.dhankhar... | 49.53 | 92% | 2012-04-21 |
| 42167. | Ewit (ewitkiewcz) | 49.52 | 96% | 2025-05-14 |
| 42168. | Jules (jules789) | 49.52 | 96.5% | 2024-12-20 |
| 42169. | light (lightdsy) | 49.52 | 93% | 2024-09-26 |
| 42170. | saleh (msynk) | 49.52 | 86% | 2015-05-03 |
| 42171. | Sur (phonelock) | 49.52 | 86% | 2012-03-20 |
| 42172. | Nils (colemakn) | 49.52 | — | 2010-09-21 |
| 42173. | Jordan (iorvethx1) | 49.51 | 95% | 2019-04-18 |
| 42174. | Kurooo (kuro_016) | 49.51 | 95% | 2024-03-20 |
| 42175. | Shadman Al (srafid) | 49.51 | 95% | 2022-03-17 |
| 42176. | Sajid (sajid006) | 49.51 | 97% | 2020-09-12 |
| 42177. | Hung (lmhung2007) | 49.51 | — | 2011-01-11 |
| 42178. | gwendolyn (geo1960) | 49.51 | 96% | 2014-03-26 |
| 42179. | Alcal (alcal) | 49.51 | 88% | 2013-08-05 |
| 42180. | Lavan kumar (lavan_234) | 49.50 | 94% | 2025-04-05 |
| 42181. | Tay (buihuynhtay) | 49.50 | 96% | 2025-04-05 |
| 42182. | tstats[f6rz9d] (f6rz9d) | 49.50 | 94% | 2022-07-31 |
| 42183. | Booo (practice1hday) | 49.50 | 96% | 2024-02-21 |
| 42184. | gtim (gtim_2) | 49.50 | 94% | 2021-06-05 |
| 42185. | odannnnnnn (quietkid) | 49.50 | 95% | 2021-03-18 |
| 42186. | katerina (katerina_) | 49.50 | 96% | 2014-09-10 |
| 42187. | James (jimbo88) | 49.50 | 91% | 2016-04-19 |
| 42188. | Evil (eviljoe) | 49.50 | 93% | 2012-02-04 |
| 42189. | Lidonia (261221lidonia) | 49.49 | 96% | 2024-01-12 |
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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 |