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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22896. | Dusman (shandule) | 74.80 | 95% | 2019-03-27 |
| 22897. | Jason (921jason921) | 74.80 | 95% | 2025-01-22 |
| 22898. | Anton (antonium) | 74.80 | 95% | 2021-05-03 |
| 22899. | Guest (stay8899) | 74.80 | 98% | 2014-10-30 |
| 22900. | Samuel (candiru) | 74.80 | 93% | 2013-01-26 |
| 22901. | Insight (insight) | 74.80 | 91% | 2013-02-27 |
| 22902. | Dean (ketomaru) | 74.79 | 97% | 2024-06-15 |
| 22903. | james (liveonguitar2) | 74.79 | 97% | 2024-10-25 |
| 22904. | Dragon (dragontiger928) | 74.79 | 99% | 2024-12-11 |
| 22905. | Anvesh (anvesh2013) | 74.79 | 98.4% | 2025-04-02 |
| 22906. | Nitta (nitta814) | 74.79 | 95.5% | 2024-11-24 |
| 22907. | hazamadra (hazamadra) | 74.79 | 94% | 2020-08-09 |
| 22908. | tdrewek (tdrewek) | 74.79 | 97.7% | 2025-02-18 |
| 22909. | Shadow (shadow_monarch) | 74.79 | 96% | 2021-04-11 |
| 22910. | Karl (cineafx) | 74.79 | 94.8% | 2021-02-04 |
| 22911. | phong (phongcnttbk) | 74.79 | 98% | 2012-11-04 |
| 22912. | yo momma (nav203) | 74.78 | 95% | 2022-10-20 |
| 22913. | Mary (mborr) | 74.78 | 99% | 2017-11-29 |
| 22914. | Ziad Nabil (ziad_nabil) | 74.78 | 99% | 2025-11-15 |
| 22915. | Libyracus (libyracus) | 74.78 | 95.2% | 2025-02-27 |
| 22916. | Dvimrak (bchadwick87) | 74.78 | 97.5% | 2024-01-24 |
| 22917. | airberlin (airberlin1010) | 74.78 | 98.1% | 2024-07-16 |
| 22918. | Peaches (peaches_1425) | 74.78 | 97% | 2017-07-11 |
| 22919. | salsa (spencer_salsa) | 74.78 | 95% | 2022-09-24 |
| 22920. | Xenos (xenosx909) | 74.78 | 95.9% | 2024-01-02 |
| 22921. | TiBuRiN (tiburin) | 74.78 | 95% | 2012-09-24 |
| 22922. | Martin (martin_cantwell) | 74.78 | 93% | 2012-11-15 |
| 22923. | HallgrÃmur Kr (topkek__) | 74.77 | 95% | 2025-05-27 |
| 22924. | Leiferen (leiferen) | 74.77 | 97% | 2026-04-25 |
| 22925. | hilanjru1 (hilanjru1) | 74.77 | 96.9% | 2024-09-01 |
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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 |