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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35493. | Sam (sankalp252) | 59.16 | 94% | 2014-08-24 |
| 35494. | Alex (aatwood) | 59.16 | 96% | 2011-08-11 |
| 35495. | Shangyi Lin (ethancubes) | 59.15 | 96% | 2025-04-21 |
| 35496. | adam (agentemerald) | 59.15 | 98% | 2025-02-13 |
| 35497. | rate (gurubhai) | 59.15 | 97.4% | 2024-12-05 |
| 35498. | Elias (rogerochanki) | 59.15 | 94% | 2024-07-21 |
| 35499. | HB (himanshuhb) | 59.15 | 95.9% | 2024-09-26 |
| 35500. | bilal (bawan85335) | 59.15 | 94% | 2024-08-23 |
| 35501. | HeliNY2020 (heli_ny2020) | 59.15 | 97% | 2024-11-12 |
| 35502. | Dmeister (dclott) | 59.15 | 98% | 2021-10-24 |
| 35503. | Sangga (chemicalchaos291) | 59.15 | 94% | 2021-09-09 |
| 35504. | Alexander (yomummy) | 59.15 | 96% | 2020-11-25 |
| 35505. | My (xz2ne1zx) | 59.15 | 97% | 2012-05-26 |
| 35506. | Kevin (kevinptt0323) | 59.15 | 95% | 2013-12-24 |
| 35507. | hamza (darkness1523) | 59.15 | 96% | 2016-04-11 |
| 35508. | aladins (aladinsmonkey) | 59.15 | 95% | 2015-06-01 |
| 35509. | James (watash1) | 59.14 | 96% | 2024-10-15 |
| 35510. | Joseph Ruppe (josephruppe) | 59.14 | 94% | 2024-11-26 |
| 35511. | David (remyrium) | 59.14 | 98% | 2024-05-24 |
| 35512. | bakha_on_colemak (bakha_on_... | 59.14 | 96% | 2023-11-30 |
| 35513. | Rick Gomez (cxod) | 59.14 | 96% | 2023-11-30 |
| 35514. | kuo (kuowehua) | 59.14 | 99% | 2025-03-17 |
| 35515. | Jon (goneoffbread) | 59.14 | 94% | 2024-12-23 |
| 35516. | Mikael (linduxed) | 59.14 | 92% | 2012-03-03 |
| 35517. | Jacko (jackomx) | 59.14 | 98% | 2013-05-21 |
| 35518. | Domenico (rockstar1983) | 59.14 | 97% | 2014-11-30 |
| 35519. | Emil (quackling) | 59.13 | 97% | 2024-01-15 |
| 35520. | trip (triphereon) | 59.13 | 91% | 2015-05-01 |
| 35521. | Jehangir (jehangirkhanafridi) | 59.13 | 97% | 2019-11-06 |
| 35522. | Si B (sibottom) | 59.12 | 96.8% | 2024-10-30 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |