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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24167. | Greg (colemaklearner824) | 73.40 | 92% | 2016-03-01 |
| 24168. | thehonedleaf (thehonedleaf) | 73.39 | 96.3% | 2024-06-27 |
| 24169. | leol (leol678) | 73.39 | 95% | 2025-01-02 |
| 24170. | Hassan (5__9) | 73.39 | 96.9% | 2024-07-30 |
| 24171. | DrVee (drvee) | 73.39 | 97.9% | 2024-01-31 |
| 24172. | ed (bigponpon) | 73.39 | 98% | 2021-08-27 |
| 24173. | [Bl4nk] (mahneymchef) | 73.39 | 97% | 2022-05-16 |
| 24174. | Mark (10100) | 73.39 | 94.4% | 2024-02-04 |
| 24175. | Kelvin (lokkelvin2003) | 73.39 | 94% | 2013-10-10 |
| 24176. | Banuraga (banuraga) | 73.39 | 96% | 2016-12-06 |
| 24177. | WhyAre (whyare) | 73.38 | 96% | 2025-12-10 |
| 24178. | Anjil (devanjil) | 73.38 | 96% | 2021-12-16 |
| 24179. | qq (hyrule_) | 73.38 | 95% | 2024-10-29 |
| 24180. | Bones Jones (igbinewekakevi... | 73.38 | 98% | 2013-10-31 |
| 24181. | MechanicalMan (superswampy) | 73.38 | 95% | 2014-01-18 |
| 24182. | yavor (janb99) | 73.38 | 93% | 2015-05-10 |
| 24183. | Tómas Ingi (tomasingi) | 73.37 | 97% | 2022-02-04 |
| 24184. | Matthew (hellomyguy) | 73.37 | 97% | 2025-11-26 |
| 24185. | David Calls (davidcalls) | 73.37 | 95.7% | 2025-05-12 |
| 24186. | TSARTUPALKA (tsartupalka7777) | 73.37 | 96% | 2025-12-07 |
| 24187. | Shahryar (shahryarslg) | 73.37 | 99% | 2023-01-06 |
| 24188. | Anderson Verajao (thekandyc... | 73.37 | 87% | 2016-04-19 |
| 24189. | Uran (enderlordyt) | 73.37 | 99% | 2022-03-26 |
| 24190. | Lostdawg3 (lostdawg3) | 73.37 | 96% | 2024-07-08 |
| 24191. | tstats[yikes172] (yikes172) | 73.37 | 98% | 2025-07-29 |
| 24192. | pouya (pooyamz) | 73.37 | 97% | 2023-02-16 |
| 24193. | chunchunmaru (mr_mystery4896) | 73.37 | 97% | 2021-10-31 |
| 24194. | Henna (hennajuliet) | 73.37 | 94% | 2013-06-14 |
| 24195. | Bao (sushivision) | 73.37 | 94% | 2016-05-28 |
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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 |