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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| 44024. | davy (octopu5) | 51.50 | 99% | 2021-08-17 |
| 44025. | dsc: ishwr (psychic7195) | 51.50 | 94% | 2020-08-08 |
| 44026. | Panino (ninopanino) | 51.49 | 96% | 2025-05-12 |
| 44027. | mezetu (mezetu) | 51.49 | 95% | 2025-03-09 |
| 44028. | ArtilleryJoe (artilleryjoe) | 51.49 | 96.8% | 2023-08-09 |
| 44029. | shonnte (shonnte) | 51.49 | — | 2010-06-23 |
| 44030. | Keizy (keizyy) | 51.48 | 97% | 2024-10-22 |
| 44031. | Asraful (asraful) | 51.48 | 98% | 2024-08-11 |
| 44032. | Nuri (seengular) | 51.48 | 96% | 2022-04-24 |
| 44033. | MD OMAR FARUK (faruk81) | 51.48 | 97% | 2024-04-02 |
| 44034. | Xen (xentypes) | 51.47 | 96% | 2025-04-23 |
| 44035. | f3lsy (f3lsy) | 51.47 | 94.3% | 2023-11-21 |
| 44036. | Binh (abyman) | 51.47 | 95% | 2011-09-26 |
| 44037. | Rudyard (rudyblue) | 51.47 | 93% | 2014-03-08 |
| 44038. | RK (rrr_t) | 51.46 | 96% | 2025-02-02 |
| 44039. | Begatim Bytyqi (begatim) | 51.46 | 94% | 2021-05-14 |
| 44040. | dati (datikavtaradze) | 51.45 | 94% | 2024-08-06 |
| 44041. | averageplayer (averageplaye... | 51.45 | 93.5% | 2024-04-28 |
| 44042. | Mladen (halabunga) | 51.45 | 96% | 2024-09-06 |
| 44043. | CoCoPuFFs (cocopuffs209) | 51.45 | 95% | 2024-05-07 |
| 44044. | Merja Shourov (aladdin_shou... | 51.44 | 97% | 2025-07-08 |
| 44045. | Austin (austingraham) | 51.44 | 87% | 2012-09-04 |
| 44046. | MattyIce (matty_ice555) | 51.43 | 96.8% | 2025-01-29 |
| 44047. | tkatk (abdennour_tkatk) | 51.43 | 96% | 2024-09-12 |
| 44048. | Audie777 (audie7777) | 51.43 | 96% | 2024-10-28 |
| 44049. | Yelarys Yertaiuly (yelarys) | 51.43 | 97% | 2024-07-13 |
| 44050. | Justin (janjara) | 51.43 | 92% | 2013-04-11 |
| 44051. | Paul (brooka) | 51.43 | — | 2011-02-14 |
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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 |