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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| 41406. | Stalking (stalkingdog) | 51.06 | 93% | 2017-09-01 |
| 41407. | tan (tanminhtrinh) | 51.06 | 95% | 2011-11-04 |
| 41408. | Lady Emmanuelle Pegollor (l... | 51.05 | 95.1% | 2025-02-25 |
| 41409. | Anthony (apesina) | 51.05 | 95% | 2021-11-16 |
| 41410. | TDinh (tdinh12) | 51.05 | 97% | 2024-02-11 |
| 41411. | Hiruy (kiya777) | 51.05 | 97% | 2021-08-13 |
| 41412. | Mark (marklwembe) | 51.05 | 95% | 2021-01-15 |
| 41413. | saad.py0 (zetsub0) | 51.04 | 96% | 2021-04-13 |
| 41414. | bad_mentat (bad_mentat) | 51.04 | 96% | 2025-03-04 |
| 41415. | Ebinesh (ebinesh15) | 51.04 | 95% | 2024-12-05 |
| 41416. | Bustillo, Eah (patotoya) | 51.04 | 95% | 2024-06-17 |
| 41417. | Anjal (deadashell) | 51.04 | 96% | 2021-10-09 |
| 41418. | Chris (stylesuxx) | 51.04 | 91% | 2013-10-22 |
| 41419. | phan (phandung122) | 51.04 | 94% | 2014-12-05 |
| 41420. | oop (stantvxq) | 51.03 | 96% | 2020-09-14 |
| 41421. | Pasta (pastapaladsss) | 51.03 | 99% | 2020-12-23 |
| 41422. | p (r_a_d) | 51.02 | 96% | 2024-05-18 |
| 41423. | Jarrod (jelh) | 51.02 | 96% | 2020-11-28 |
| 41424. | Galaxy (galaxyzero) | 51.02 | 96% | 2017-07-07 |
| 41425. | Akash (akashagr) | 51.02 | 91% | 2016-10-23 |
| 41426. | Jazzper (jazzper220) | 51.01 | 96% | 2024-08-24 |
| 41427. | IAm (iamvip2508) | 51.01 | 90% | 2012-05-26 |
| 41428. | Nick (nickja) | 51.01 | 96% | 2014-04-07 |
| 41429. | Mafsguy (sujin_norman) | 51.00 | 96% | 2024-03-23 |
| 41430. | Basil (brain1989) | 51.00 | 94% | 2016-12-09 |
| 41431. | anny (sweet_anny) | 51.00 | 97% | 2014-02-27 |
| 41432. | dabpenalt (dabpenalt) | 50.99 | 94% | 2025-01-29 |
| 41433. | Reuben (reubenvm) | 50.99 | 95% | 2024-11-19 |
| 41434. | Sheldon (smiths776) | 50.99 | 94% | 2015-04-28 |
| 41435. | Tsus (tsuschie) | 50.99 | 95.7% | 2024-03-03 |
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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 |