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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36106. | Cora (tigercobra) | 60.30 | 97% | 2014-11-04 |
| 36107. | Alden (alden1122332003) | 60.30 | 95% | 2016-05-08 |
| 36108. | Christopher (nutsacker) | 60.29 | 96% | 2025-06-09 |
| 36109. | keks (keksonez) | 60.29 | 95% | 2025-01-20 |
| 36110. | dharma (dharma7) | 60.29 | 96% | 2025-04-09 |
| 36111. | jawad (jawadamd) | 60.29 | 96.7% | 2024-08-21 |
| 36112. | jhollister (jhollister) | 60.29 | 93% | 2014-11-10 |
| 36113. | robvogs (robvogs) | 60.29 | 97.3% | 2024-07-03 |
| 36114. | cam (cam_fung) | 60.29 | 94.7% | 2024-10-20 |
| 36115. | Wein (thethirdwein) | 60.29 | 96% | 2021-09-05 |
| 36116. | Chanpreet (omaewa_mou_shind... | 60.29 | 95% | 2020-02-18 |
| 36117. | Duy (ndduy1995) | 60.29 | 92% | 2011-08-26 |
| 36118. | Nick (iconicks) | 60.29 | 93% | 2014-09-22 |
| 36119. | Crazyfoxxy (crazyfoxxy) | 60.29 | 97% | 2016-08-24 |
| 36120. | Lai (speedylai) | 60.29 | 96% | 2015-10-26 |
| 36121. | Taylor (pemberton47) | 60.29 | 92% | 2011-05-15 |
| 36122. | Isszack (stinglikeabeaver) | 60.28 | 96% | 2022-08-31 |
| 36123. | Deep (gaurav_deep01) | 60.28 | 95.9% | 2025-03-31 |
| 36124. | Abheer (abheer_kaaushik) | 60.28 | 95% | 2024-03-12 |
| 36125. | 100percentimprov (100percen... | 60.28 | 96.1% | 2024-04-10 |
| 36126. | Rocky (rockypup_23) | 60.28 | 96% | 2024-05-22 |
| 36127. | Valeria Salazar (valeriajul... | 60.28 | 97% | 2023-12-28 |
| 36128. | Rory O'Kane (rorydcfc) | 60.28 | 95.3% | 2023-12-10 |
| 36129. | Prateek (ptath1) | 60.28 | 86% | 2015-02-14 |
| 36130. | Nyth (nyth) | 60.28 | 91% | 2017-02-17 |
| 36131. | Alarick (alarick78) | 60.28 | 97% | 2012-05-04 |
| 36132. | Ahmed (amico) | 60.27 | 96% | 2025-03-15 |
| 36133. | uiyuma (uiyuma) | 60.27 | 94% | 2023-09-14 |
| 36134. | maya16 (maya2916) | 60.27 | 95% | 2025-01-31 |
| 36135. | Rory Gower (rxryag) | 60.27 | 94% | 2024-11-15 |
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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 |