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 |
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| 24040. | bsbs (lazyswami) | 73.55 | 94.8% | 2024-05-26 |
| 24041. | ItsmeHiwad (hiwadkarimi) | 73.55 | 98.8% | 2023-05-16 |
| 24042. | Jagan (ijagan) | 73.55 | 94% | 2012-01-03 |
| 24043. | nemasu (nemasu) | 73.55 | 95% | 2011-09-22 |
| 24044. | Leah (lilybethlily) | 73.54 | 97% | 2026-01-05 |
| 24045. | grimreaperr1 (grimreaperr1) | 73.54 | 96% | 2025-03-25 |
| 24046. | r00ch (r00ch) | 73.54 | 95% | 2015-03-19 |
| 24047. | Abraham (beastmode256) | 73.54 | 95% | 2025-03-04 |
| 24048. | Adrian (boomponitgt123) | 73.54 | 95% | 2022-10-10 |
| 24049. | pippersthegreat (pippersthe... | 73.54 | 98% | 2024-01-10 |
| 24050. | khalil (credendo) | 73.54 | 97% | 2021-08-03 |
| 24051. | TT (teabough) | 73.54 | 97% | 2018-10-03 |
| 24052. | Chase (xzenergy) | 73.54 | 96% | 2016-03-30 |
| 24053. | Colambage (nushydude) | 73.54 | 96% | 2017-04-11 |
| 24054. | Jo (joogawa) | 73.54 | 95% | 2011-11-29 |
| 24055. | ♦ Sharp ♦ (thesharpest) | 73.54 | 92% | 2015-06-26 |
| 24056. | Mazui (mazui_) | 73.53 | 97% | 2025-06-04 |
| 24057. | Eesa (eesa10) | 73.53 | 97.7% | 2023-06-03 |
| 24058. | Amit Jindal (jindalamit325) | 73.53 | 98% | 2024-02-02 |
| 24059. | Amaranath (amaranathfodcgisl) | 73.53 | 98.8% | 2023-09-14 |
| 24060. | Jamie (jamiela11) | 73.53 | 95% | 2021-05-14 |
| 24061. | Yoan (yoanrl) | 73.53 | 97% | 2021-01-24 |
| 24062. | Marcus (mengkeshi) | 73.53 | 99% | 2015-09-05 |
| 24063. | pwr (pwr00) | 73.53 | 93% | 2013-12-18 |
| 24064. | Flansgorp (flansgorp) | 73.53 | 95% | 2015-08-09 |
| 24065. | Bartłomiej (baryla69baryla69) | 73.53 | 96.1% | 2025-03-24 |
| 24066. | Daniel (daniel880) | 73.52 | 99% | 2025-11-24 |
| 24067. | N0P3NOPE (n0p3nope) | 73.52 | 98% | 2025-08-29 |
| 24068. | Max (maltshuler20) | 73.52 | 97% | 2019-04-14 |
| 24069. | Marine (reanoob) | 73.52 | 97% | 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 |