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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| 24771. | mustafa (mustafa169) | 70.93 | 97% | 2024-08-30 |
| 24772. | bo (bo1234) | 70.93 | 95% | 2024-04-13 |
| 24773. | Zeus (zeusop23) | 70.93 | 94% | 2023-03-14 |
| 24774. | Salgi (adrs) | 70.93 | 97.1% | 2025-02-08 |
| 24775. | shekhar (ghochu) | 70.93 | 92% | 2014-11-29 |
| 24776. | Joshia (_charmie_) | 70.93 | 97% | 2022-06-01 |
| 24777. | cameron (the_chenger123) | 70.93 | 97% | 2017-03-09 |
| 24778. | i_love_mee (i_love_mee) | 70.92 | 96% | 2025-03-04 |
| 24779. | English Patient (englishpat... | 70.92 | 96.7% | 2024-02-24 |
| 24780. | Phung (phungquoctoan) | 70.92 | 97% | 2024-06-11 |
| 24781. | Dofla (urban3371) | 70.92 | 97.1% | 2024-05-04 |
| 24782. | John (relicanth56) | 70.92 | 96% | 2018-08-22 |
| 24783. | Thomas (thombee) | 70.92 | 95% | 2020-12-21 |
| 24784. | Attila (ladatti) | 70.92 | 96% | 2018-10-07 |
| 24785. | KHUSHI M™ (sweetgal_khushi) | 70.92 | 97% | 2014-06-19 |
| 24786. | Justice (gumbol) | 70.92 | 93% | 2014-01-06 |
| 24787. | Germ (germclone) | 70.91 | 96% | 2025-06-26 |
| 24788. | not_normally (not_normally) | 70.91 | 96% | 2025-04-11 |
| 24789. | Holyalpacaa (holyalpacaa) | 70.91 | 96% | 2024-02-11 |
| 24790. | Blitz (blitz22) | 70.91 | 98% | 2020-08-19 |
| 24791. | Mr (mrrius99) | 70.91 | 96% | 2022-06-16 |
| 24792. | Sam (samv3l) | 70.91 | 95.3% | 2025-02-09 |
| 24793. | Ekkah (ekkah_) | 70.91 | 95% | 2023-12-01 |
| 24794. | Musa (zilgar) | 70.91 | 95% | 2023-12-03 |
| 24795. | Mukul (mukuljsimpson) | 70.91 | 98% | 2021-07-14 |
| 24796. | thomas (takethemall) | 70.91 | 97% | 2024-03-07 |
| 24797. | Hazel (imahazelnut) | 70.91 | 96% | 2022-01-18 |
| 24798. | Ismael (ismaelmik) | 70.91 | 97% | 2021-01-14 |
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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 |