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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20311. | Bryan (deceased) | 76.17 | 94% | 2012-11-17 |
| 20312. | mmmr13 (mmmr13) | 76.16 | 97% | 2024-02-04 |
| 20313. | Jonathan Bayhon (techxmaxx) | 76.16 | 94.5% | 2025-03-01 |
| 20314. | Shivansh (shiv0403) | 76.16 | 98% | 2024-07-29 |
| 20315. | D3LTA (d3lta) | 76.16 | 96% | 2016-07-21 |
| 20316. | Chase (chase12445645) | 76.15 | 95% | 2025-03-03 |
| 20317. | CdlAwesomeMe (chanchoalpalo) | 76.15 | 98% | 2022-03-11 |
| 20318. | person (tumadreestahomo) | 76.15 | 97% | 2018-05-14 |
| 20319. | M (mrwiggles77) | 76.15 | 94% | 2016-01-14 |
| 20320. | Marius (techdifics12) | 76.15 | 95.8% | 2023-11-11 |
| 20321. | marshal (marsh_bora3y) | 76.15 | 97.6% | 2024-12-15 |
| 20322. | THATCHILD (thatchild) | 76.15 | 96% | 2020-10-08 |
| 20323. | Sagar (sagarraskar) | 76.15 | 97% | 2020-04-16 |
| 20324. | volkan t (volkant) | 76.14 | 97.7% | 2023-11-10 |
| 20325. | Karl (karl_learns_steno) | 76.14 | 94% | 2019-09-14 |
| 20326. | Rietkip (nescioc) | 76.14 | 96% | 2012-07-12 |
| 20327. | Uncl3Budd (unclebudd) | 76.13 | 96% | 2025-04-03 |
| 20328. | Nona (lovelyghostwriter) | 76.13 | 96% | 2024-02-18 |
| 20329. | Leah V. (suukobi) | 76.13 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
| 20330. | Ozma (ozma0foz) | 76.13 | 96.4% | 2024-05-16 |
| 20331. | dummy (irfansj) | 76.13 | 96% | 2023-01-15 |
| 20332. | Ijay (ijay_u) | 76.13 | 97% | 2023-08-08 |
| 20333. | Stephen (betab95) | 76.13 | 86% | 2016-02-06 |
| 20334. | flybot (flybot) | 76.13 | 96% | 2019-12-17 |
| 20335. | Seri (vincent_aik) | 76.13 | 94% | 2019-02-20 |
| 20336. | Suraj (khreate) | 76.13 | 98% | 2018-11-24 |
| 20337. | Osei (oseitutujr) | 76.12 | 99% | 2025-04-19 |
| 20338. | Raphael (stealthwolf) | 76.12 | 98% | 2015-09-13 |
| 20339. | Tyrone MG (tmgtmgtmg) | 76.12 | 97.3% | 2024-05-17 |
| 20340. | Finnegan (saengim) | 76.12 | 96% | 2022-09-30 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |