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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| 12801. | Joel (an0n1m1ty) | 85.68 | 98% | 2021-07-13 |
| 12802. | hehe (blazeclash) | 85.68 | 97% | 2022-12-01 |
| 12803. | ( ¬‿¬) ( ಠ_ಠ) (... | 85.68 | 97% | 2021-07-03 |
| 12804. | Simmons1 (_simmons) | 85.68 | 96.3% | 2024-04-13 |
| 12805. | 🍆 (dev_null) | 85.68 | 97% | 2019-02-28 |
| 12806. | Nate (toiletsplash) | 85.67 | 98% | 2018-12-09 |
| 12807. | Joel (teknogeek) | 85.66 | 94% | 2017-05-21 |
| 12808. | Daniel (d4mage2k) | 85.66 | 97% | 2021-08-22 |
| 12809. | 50wpm (acc_trainee) | 85.66 | 95% | 2012-06-30 |
| 12810. | rg (rg69) | 85.66 | 99% | 2015-03-16 |
| 12811. | David (dmcchan) | 85.66 | 95% | 2013-09-27 |
| 12812. | z (zeebeee) | 85.65 | 98% | 2024-08-23 |
| 12813. | Kieran (kurley) | 85.65 | 96% | 2024-02-28 |
| 12814. | K (bax399) | 85.65 | 96% | 2022-07-07 |
| 12815. | Felix (felizocker) | 85.65 | 95.5% | 2024-10-11 |
| 12816. | Ali (alialialiali) | 85.65 | 95% | 2015-01-06 |
| 12817. | M (taloszero) | 85.64 | 96.4% | 2024-11-29 |
| 12818. | Alfardi (thecutebannana) | 85.64 | 98% | 2019-01-31 |
| 12819. | Trevor (charon) | 85.64 | 98% | 2014-12-09 |
| 12820. | gg (ggab) | 85.64 | 94% | 2016-06-27 |
| 12821. | Rodrigo (rdcmdev) | 85.64 | 99.3% | 2025-02-21 |
| 12822. | Steve (feedthejoe) | 85.64 | 98% | 2024-06-03 |
| 12823. | appropriate nicknames pls (... | 85.64 | 97% | 2013-07-11 |
| 12824. | Anderson (andrsnhd) | 85.64 | — | 2011-02-11 |
| 12825. | zuta (zuta0809) | 85.63 | 97% | 2023-04-27 |
| 12826. | austyfrosty (ajwuds11) | 85.63 | 97% | 2025-03-23 |
| 12827. | Shanna (hungrypotato) | 85.63 | 98% | 2024-08-13 |
| 12828. | frozelar (frozelar) | 85.63 | 100% | 2024-05-06 |
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| 12830. | Daniel (sylents114) | 85.63 | 98% | 2024-12-05 |
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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 |