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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25305. | Syed (syedimad) | 61.28 | 97% | 2024-02-24 |
25306. | Kambiz (kambiz) | 61.28 | 94% | 2011-09-27 |
25307. | Ritika (ritika_keshri) | 61.27 | 97% | 2024-06-01 |
25308. | ðJRð (lazythepboy) | 61.27 | 95% | 2018-07-15 |
25309. | Eric (eye942) | 61.26 | 94.5% | 2024-04-08 |
25310. | Duyog (duyog) | 61.26 | 96% | 2023-11-20 |
25311. | Asrar (cruzen) | 61.26 | 97% | 2021-10-30 |
25312. | Imran (noobb) | 61.26 | 98% | 2016-11-18 |
25313. | Meriial (meriial) | 61.26 | — | 2010-11-15 |
25314. | tom (tdtdtd) | 61.26 | 94% | 2014-04-21 |
25315. | Maria (lanfear33) | 61.26 | 96% | 2011-06-14 |
25316. | dijkstr4 (dijkstr4) | 61.26 | 94% | 2016-04-02 |
25317. | Cakra (cakraputra) | 61.26 | 96% | 2016-06-12 |
25318. | Logan (ferro_majiin) | 61.25 | 98.2% | 2023-11-15 |
25319. | Marwen (devmarwen) | 61.25 | 94% | 2015-04-26 |
25320. | Jpm (jpm13ar) | 61.25 | 96% | 2011-09-25 |
25321. | ipdu (ipdu) | 61.24 | 97% | 2024-02-11 |
25322. | maxwell (m8xwell) | 61.24 | 96.1% | 2024-02-20 |
25323. | Osso (wazeos) | 61.24 | 96% | 2023-12-18 |
25324. | Maxy (christianmalinao) | 61.24 | 95.4% | 2023-11-25 |
25325. | Alex (hakshinken) | 61.24 | 97% | 2014-11-24 |
25326. | Laird (lairdandrew) | 61.24 | 91% | 2016-11-09 |
25327. | Chris (checkmateman) | 61.24 | 96% | 2016-09-12 |
25328. | Tomas (winnfield) | 61.24 | 93% | 2014-05-03 |
25329. | Hieu (hieule) | 61.24 | 92% | 2011-06-11 |
25330. | Heinrich_shi (heinrich_shi) | 61.23 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
25331. | Dennis (dennisraymac) | 61.23 | 98% | 2024-04-16 |
25332. | vaibhav (india_wins) | 61.23 | 93% | 2024-04-08 |
25333. | joeL (3091472) | 61.23 | 96.2% | 2024-02-02 |
25334. | IronmarkIV (leovaldez) | 61.23 | 97.5% | 2023-11-26 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |