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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| 41129. | Nic (pwrpvt) | 55.88 | 98% | 2020-09-22 |
| 41130. | Semyon (saymon211) | 55.88 | 97% | 2019-12-30 |
| 41131. | Sukyo (xnixallenx) | 55.88 | 94% | 2012-03-04 |
| 41132. | Solstice (seventhchild777) | 55.87 | 97% | 2024-12-18 |
| 41133. | ahmed (donkeybreath) | 55.87 | 96% | 2016-08-12 |
| 41134. | Issac (kiddydong69) | 55.87 | 95% | 2024-08-31 |
| 41135. | Will (zurch123) | 55.87 | 97% | 2022-04-10 |
| 41136. | Vincent (superqwertys) | 55.87 | 94.8% | 2024-04-22 |
| 41137. | Kalmyrza (paintmaster1) | 55.87 | 95% | 2023-12-01 |
| 41138. | meiol (olete) | 55.87 | 94.9% | 2024-02-18 |
| 41139. | ジョンジョンジョン... | 55.87 | 92% | 2016-10-16 |
| 41140. | Katherine (katherine0987) | 55.86 | 97% | 2024-02-15 |
| 41141. | John Smith (dreninja) | 55.86 | 95% | 2024-01-29 |
| 41142. | Czaree (czaree_) | 55.86 | 96.9% | 2021-02-13 |
| 41143. | Rohit (mindprince) | 55.86 | 95% | 2012-11-14 |
| 41144. | gone (happygone) | 55.86 | 89% | 2012-09-07 |
| 41145. | Joker (toxicjoker) | 55.85 | 92.9% | 2024-06-11 |
| 41146. | Habib Memon (habib_memon) | 55.85 | 97% | 2024-07-03 |
| 41147. | youyoujim (jims_) | 55.85 | 92% | 2024-11-16 |
| 41148. | Martinez (derrek97) | 55.85 | 96% | 2024-09-25 |
| 41149. | yng_yng (yng_yng) | 55.85 | 96% | 2024-08-30 |
| 41150. | Corentin (coq_n_n) | 55.85 | 98% | 2022-09-27 |
| 41151. | wilson (altspace) | 55.85 | 96% | 2023-12-17 |
| 41152. | Naveen (naveen_jarvis) | 55.85 | 95.7% | 2023-12-07 |
| 41153. | L (semibot) | 55.85 | 96.3% | 2023-09-30 |
| 41154. | シロウ (shironek01) | 55.85 | 96.3% | 2024-05-14 |
| 41155. | Kyle (kstrozin) | 55.85 | 87% | 2017-01-02 |
| 41156. | Ashok (ashokmsis) | 55.85 | 93% | 2016-09-16 |
| 41157. | ʇsǝn⅁ (ankle) | 55.85 | 87% | 2017-01-07 |
| 41158. | Jayden (jaydogs445) | 55.84 | 95% | 2025-05-20 |
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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 |