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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20876. | Mr Spock (theodorehadiyanto) | 75.41 | 98% | 2024-02-07 |
| 20877. | ... (yomer) | 75.41 | 97% | 2023-12-30 |
| 20878. | Orris (orrisy) | 75.41 | 93% | 2015-12-07 |
| 20879. | odezzki (odezzki) | 75.41 | 99% | 2024-01-30 |
| 20880. | Jupiter8000 (jupiter8000) | 75.41 | 98% | 2023-05-13 |
| 20881. | Shagnik (shagnik) | 75.41 | 97% | 2018-11-28 |
| 20882. | Andrew (enhance) | 75.41 | 95% | 2012-06-13 |
| 20883. | winter (wintercool) | 75.41 | — | 2010-11-30 |
| 20884. | Zgjim (zgjim) | 75.41 | — | 2010-11-09 |
| 20885. | Andre (underagum) | 75.40 | 96% | 2022-04-04 |
| 20886. | Sh_Azizbek (aziz_dev) | 75.40 | 96% | 2025-05-29 |
| 20887. | Anh (heartmoan) | 75.40 | 98% | 2024-01-14 |
| 20888. | Aleksa (alexample) | 75.40 | 97% | 2024-03-06 |
| 20889. | karakavak (karakavak) | 75.40 | 93% | 2014-07-20 |
| 20890. | Trang (sara_kitten1993) | 75.40 | 95% | 2012-02-23 |
| 20891. | Csabo (csabo85) | 75.40 | 94% | 2012-05-23 |
| 20892. | meowmingsi (meowmingsi) | 75.39 | 97.9% | 2024-04-09 |
| 20893. | Ivan (hurricane14) | 75.39 | 96% | 2020-10-10 |
| 20894. | Sheng Yuan (xspeech32) | 75.39 | 97% | 2015-10-18 |
| 20895. | Spy (lightningspy) | 75.39 | — | 2011-02-19 |
| 20896. | Rojas (bad_attyping) | 75.38 | 97% | 2024-04-02 |
| 20897. | Corin McCollum (neuralink_1) | 75.38 | 96% | 2024-09-08 |
| 20898. | penguin (pen77guin) | 75.38 | 96.4% | 2023-12-08 |
| 20899. | wai ming (wmtai) | 75.38 | 98.5% | 2023-12-02 |
| 20900. | kerem (cattle61) | 75.38 | 99% | 2011-07-25 |
| 20901. | OOZE (wizard_of_ooze) | 75.38 | 97% | 2017-06-22 |
| 20902. | Pavel (trialtry) | 75.38 | 99% | 2017-02-02 |
| 20903. | Lam (lam_blue) | 75.38 | 98% | 2011-11-22 |
| 20904. | Quan (b3cta3) | 75.38 | 98% | 2011-11-06 |
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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 |