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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| 10799. | shane (armoth23) | 88.99 | 96% | 2014-05-09 |
| 10800. | gustaf (guggeo) | 88.99 | 99% | 2012-09-28 |
| 10801. | tstats[sweetapple6911] (swe... | 88.98 | 98% | 2024-01-18 |
| 10802. | Noah (noahinfini) | 88.98 | 98% | 2022-04-24 |
| 10803. | Guest (poopyfart) | 88.98 | 99% | 2022-08-19 |
| 10804. | Spiren (spirenz) | 88.98 | 98% | 2022-02-27 |
| 10805. | Egg (eggcustard) | 88.98 | 93% | 2016-08-07 |
| 10806. | Iffeffo20 (dobichie) | 88.98 | 96% | 2018-09-06 |
| 10807. | Shazzy (shazzy_newtechnique... | 88.98 | 94% | 2015-02-13 |
| 10808. | Johan (johlun) | 88.97 | 97.7% | 2025-03-20 |
| 10809. | sketchy (sketchysquirrel) | 88.97 | 98% | 2024-12-17 |
| 10810. | Ksatrya (ksatcubes) | 88.97 | 96% | 2025-04-01 |
| 10811. | akim (thaakimnas) | 88.97 | 96% | 2022-08-12 |
| 10812. | manoj (manoj0792) | 88.97 | 95.7% | 2024-03-10 |
| 10813. | Hans (b3n1s) | 88.97 | 98% | 2023-01-25 |
| 10814. | tstats[kaitokidokuroba] (ka... | 88.97 | 96.4% | 2024-05-22 |
| 10815. | qqmister (qqmister) | 88.96 | 98% | 2025-03-17 |
| 10816. | 🚀 (wildreamz) | 88.96 | 99% | 2021-08-06 |
| 10817. | Kieron (kaejae) | 88.96 | 97% | 2024-06-05 |
| 10818. | potato (potato42069) | 88.96 | 96% | 2021-11-17 |
| 10819. | chris (chhreess) | 88.96 | 96% | 2022-08-10 |
| 10820. | mrgiorgoulis (mrgiorgoulis) | 88.96 | 95.9% | 2025-03-09 |
| 10821. | Caleb (yam909) | 88.96 | 98% | 2022-01-19 |
| 10822. | Jerome (babayaga36) | 88.96 | 99% | 2020-03-13 |
| 10823. | Matthew (vokori) | 88.96 | 95% | 2014-10-01 |
| 10824. | Joshua (greenweasel11) | 88.96 | 93% | 2016-09-11 |
| 10825. | William (bnuldun) | 88.96 | 96% | 2016-03-19 |
| 10826. | Zoat (zoat) | 88.95 | 95.5% | 2024-10-15 |
| 10827. | nate (n7d0g) | 88.95 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 10828. | Maksim (jonnybones) | 88.95 | 98% | 2020-02-07 |
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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 |