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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| 8124. | Paolo (cheruphim) | 95.32 | 95% | 2011-12-22 |
| 8125. | Louis (meenepo) | 95.31 | 97.1% | 2023-08-08 |
| 8126. | Allan (allandallon) | 95.31 | 97.1% | 2021-02-23 |
| 8127. | squish squash (joshthesquas... | 95.30 | 97.6% | 2023-09-12 |
| 8128. | Mitchell (unearth) | 95.30 | 96% | 2023-04-28 |
| 8129. | fxf8 (fuexfollets) | 95.30 | 98% | 2025-11-05 |
| 8130. | lol (jilledout) | 95.30 | 98% | 2013-03-11 |
| 8131. | Marko (markovojvodic84) | 95.30 | 98% | 2012-02-09 |
| 8132. | Topre_ (topre_) | 95.29 | 98% | 2025-04-17 |
| 8133. | Njavaff (brrbrrbrr) | 95.29 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
| 8134. | red (redwelter) | 95.29 | 99.3% | 2024-10-04 |
| 8135. | Madison (madssss) | 95.29 | 98.4% | 2024-06-13 |
| 8136. | Dan (acamus) | 95.29 | 94% | 2014-02-17 |
| 8137. | เป็ดแดง (redd... | 95.29 | 99% | 2015-01-08 |
| 8138. | Sangow (sangow) | 95.29 | 96% | 2016-01-27 |
| 8139. | Sir Pickleton (cheeseafro) | 95.29 | 97% | 2014-08-04 |
| 8140. | encaps (encaps) | 95.28 | 98.6% | 2025-06-01 |
| 8141. | Kenneth (kennybyte) | 95.28 | 98.1% | 2024-04-25 |
| 8142. | Ekkiri (ekkiri) | 95.28 | 96% | 2021-06-22 |
| 8143. | E (vtmsciguy) | 95.28 | — | 2010-11-11 |
| 8144. | Stephen Lawrence (stephendi... | 95.27 | 97% | 2025-06-20 |
| 8145. | Epoch (epochisepic) | 95.27 | 98% | 2022-03-22 |
| 8146. | Alex (tenbird) | 95.27 | 98% | 2020-01-15 |
| 8147. | PixelFog (pixelfog) | 95.27 | 98% | 2021-10-30 |
| 8148. | Felix (felfel92) | 95.27 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
| 8149. | Steve (srd93) | 95.27 | 99% | 2014-04-04 |
| 8150. | Light (shadesoflight) | 95.27 | 99% | 2013-08-17 |
| 8151. | Marcel (zyphx) | 95.27 | 97% | 2013-12-16 |
| 8152. | Raju (rajiun_) | 95.26 | 98% | 2025-07-08 |
| 8153. | okay you are right (hector1... | 95.26 | 97.7% | 2024-06-13 |
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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 |