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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25031. | Makko1 (makko1) | 72.56 | 96% | 2025-07-23 |
| 25032. | forixo (forixo6104) | 72.56 | 98% | 2024-03-05 |
| 25033. | Stuart (stuart2718) | 72.56 | 98% | 2025-05-12 |
| 25034. | Kanan (kan3nov) | 72.56 | 96.7% | 2025-01-14 |
| 25035. | hema (hemalata) | 72.55 | — | 2010-11-08 |
| 25036. | james (jamesbudi) | 72.55 | 95% | 2014-05-14 |
| 25037. | Mark (exec_prod) | 72.55 | 96% | 2020-12-26 |
| 25038. | Hauke (gtxspeeder) | 72.55 | 98.1% | 2025-05-02 |
| 25039. | Gab (gabbyme) | 72.55 | 94.4% | 2025-01-07 |
| 25040. | TuchuHunter (v4vishal4vs) | 72.55 | 96% | 2024-06-16 |
| 25041. | Omkar (omkarc) | 72.55 | 98% | 2021-03-18 |
| 25042. | danDuf (dan_2020) | 72.55 | 98.5% | 2025-02-23 |
| 25043. | Mohammad (qwertland123) | 72.55 | 97% | 2023-08-13 |
| 25044. | Jose Guerrero (josh_latino) | 72.55 | 97% | 2025-05-16 |
| 25045. | typeracerkunal (typeracerku... | 72.55 | 96% | 2025-12-10 |
| 25046. | AmitMhKE (amirmhke) | 72.55 | 97% | 2025-09-16 |
| 25047. | Jack (jackattack45) | 72.54 | 97% | 2017-06-22 |
| 25048. | UMS (umskal) | 72.54 | 89% | 2011-09-29 |
| 25049. | Felipe (bumbleblo) | 72.54 | 95% | 2019-01-02 |
| 25050. | Ahmed (ahmed3sami) | 72.54 | 96% | 2022-11-13 |
| 25051. | Charles (charles_good) | 72.54 | 96% | 2022-06-16 |
| 25052. | Lui B. (nerdywrite) | 72.54 | 98.1% | 2024-03-05 |
| 25053. | Nukman (fenderzo) | 72.54 | 96.4% | 2024-07-30 |
| 25054. | CXZ03 (cxz03) | 72.54 | 97% | 2025-06-03 |
| 25055. | HiRex (blacktedr) | 72.54 | 95% | 2024-10-05 |
| 25056. | Billy B (billden55) | 72.54 | 97% | 2025-02-04 |
| 25057. | mahmoud khater (mahmoudkharer) | 72.54 | 97.3% | 2025-01-05 |
| 25058. | Dvorak (dvoraktrainer) | 72.53 | 91% | 2016-03-09 |
| 25059. | Neo (ne0politan1) | 72.53 | 97.5% | 2023-12-26 |
| 25060. | Eines (hawkeines) | 72.53 | 97.7% | 2023-08-13 |
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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 |