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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45590. | R2cord (r2cord) | 49.25 | 94% | 2024-01-19 |
| 45591. | kurax (kurax97) | 49.25 | 94% | 2024-06-26 |
| 45592. | Teja (teja99) | 49.25 | 95.5% | 2025-03-21 |
| 45593. | hendrael (hendrael) | 49.25 | 95% | 2024-11-15 |
| 45594. | kosuke (kosuke) | 49.24 | 92% | 2013-03-19 |
| 45595. | piya (piyatos) | 49.24 | 95.5% | 2024-05-11 |
| 45596. | Johnny (johnny_netgeer) | 49.23 | 99% | 2022-02-07 |
| 45597. | ad_raj (ad_raj) | 49.23 | 96% | 2025-01-26 |
| 45598. | goof (luckyraptor_) | 49.23 | 95% | 2025-06-02 |
| 45599. | derek (derekj) | 49.22 | — | 2010-07-24 |
| 45600. | Jiří (jironer7) | 49.22 | 95% | 2019-10-31 |
| 45601. | Adhi Krisna (adhi_krisna22) | 49.22 | 95% | 2023-12-07 |
| 45602. | AGR (typing_agr1) | 49.22 | 96% | 2024-02-16 |
| 45603. | Rudy (slickback325) | 49.22 | 93% | 2024-06-15 |
| 45604. | Mauricio (kenze) | 49.21 | 99% | 2024-03-25 |
| 45605. | David Chan (davidcharm) | 49.21 | 96% | 2024-09-29 |
| 45606. | Alden (aldendino) | 49.20 | 87% | 2015-05-03 |
| 45607. | Muhammad (muhammad_z) | 49.20 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
| 45608. | Jessica (marbilu) | 49.20 | 95% | 2017-04-15 |
| 45609. | Madsin (madsin) | 49.20 | 96.2% | 2024-01-28 |
| 45610. | M (mehtro_20) | 49.20 | 96% | 2022-06-06 |
| 45611. | Stanislav (sogm) | 49.20 | 95.9% | 2024-02-18 |
| 45612. | S Kamesh (hack505) | 49.20 | 94.1% | 2024-11-27 |
| 45613. | Jack (hammer_jack) | 49.20 | 96% | 2021-11-21 |
| 45614. | Nattawat (ormza5511) | 49.20 | 93.1% | 2025-03-29 |
| 45615. | Gauss (gauss25) | 49.20 | 95% | 2026-02-19 |
| 45616. | Debjyoti (dev_lee) | 49.19 | 91% | 2012-05-05 |
| 45617. | mag (mag255) | 49.19 | 95% | 2020-08-20 |
| 45618. | shiloh (shil0h_) | 49.19 | 96% | 2024-05-07 |
| 45619. | BLCKSMTH (blcksmth) | 49.19 | 94% | 2024-03-19 |
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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 |