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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| 27231. | marvolo (happyraul) | 68.26 | 97% | 2017-03-29 |
| 27232. | Gabriel (gasanteo_1) | 68.26 | 99% | 2024-10-09 |
| 27233. | M4L1AS (m4l1as) | 68.26 | 97% | 2024-05-05 |
| 27234. | Aidan (amess92304) | 68.26 | 94% | 2022-02-22 |
| 27235. | Mishaal (big_m) | 68.26 | — | 2011-04-12 |
| 27236. | Carlo (carlo12) | 68.26 | 95% | 2014-09-06 |
| 27237. | Akarsh (akarsh11) | 68.25 | 95.2% | 2024-04-12 |
| 27238. | Lalit (venerator) | 68.25 | 96.8% | 2025-03-07 |
| 27239. | Nathanael (tinkerer_nat) | 68.25 | 97% | 2021-08-20 |
| 27240. | arroncoot (arroncoot) | 68.25 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
| 27241. | WhyRemaru (remaru) | 68.25 | 94% | 2024-01-28 |
| 27242. | Vanja (njavex) | 68.25 | 94.8% | 2024-01-16 |
| 27243. | Farhad (chuysrx) | 68.25 | 90% | 2016-01-02 |
| 27244. | Joshua (joshdosti95) | 68.25 | 94% | 2014-01-29 |
| 27245. | Guan Ying (modusoperand) | 68.25 | 95% | 2019-10-07 |
| 27246. | Muko (muko) | 68.25 | — | 2011-01-10 |
| 27247. | Inthedark (inthedark2) | 68.24 | 96% | 2023-07-08 |
| 27248. | Potato (portalpotato) | 68.24 | 97% | 2023-09-10 |
| 27249. | Bryn (bryns2123) | 68.24 | 98% | 2025-01-21 |
| 27250. | Istana (przz3) | 68.24 | 89% | 2013-10-12 |
| 27251. | Nate (natet8) | 68.24 | 98% | 2024-04-17 |
| 27252. | gimme a sec (fixingmyfingers) | 68.24 | 98% | 2023-03-30 |
| 27253. | UnreliableSpare (unreliable... | 68.24 | 97.4% | 2023-10-09 |
| 27254. | ibizabroker (ibizabroker) | 68.24 | 98% | 2022-04-27 |
| 27255. | Jeffrey Archer (letmeknowil... | 68.24 | 97% | 2021-01-21 |
| 27256. | vikash (vkas990) | 68.24 | 97% | 2018-10-03 |
| 27257. | Dhruvin (dhrmehta) | 68.24 | 95% | 2016-08-09 |
| 27258. | gabefrogg (gabefrogg) | 68.23 | 96% | 2024-03-08 |
| 27259. | Jacob (boolink) | 68.23 | 97% | 2023-11-17 |
| 27260. | i am (a_fast_guy) | 68.23 | 96.2% | 2021-02-23 |
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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 |