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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| 33895. | uy (hygienic) | 61.06 | 98.6% | 2024-05-13 |
| 33896. | Jake (jakejake10) | 61.06 | 95% | 2016-10-02 |
| 33897. | Alex (chickenman_8193) | 61.05 | 96% | 2025-02-15 |
| 33898. | Joe (jacobsdewa) | 61.05 | 98% | 2024-12-18 |
| 33899. | satya (itachi999) | 61.05 | 96.7% | 2025-02-19 |
| 33900. | Yee (yeexiong) | 61.05 | 97% | 2022-10-08 |
| 33901. | Josh (joshle270699) | 61.05 | 94% | 2022-02-11 |
| 33902. | Minseok (devani0310) | 61.05 | 96% | 2016-02-13 |
| 33903. | dinh (zinzin_1502) | 61.05 | 96% | 2012-05-17 |
| 33904. | Greekson (greekson) | 61.04 | 96% | 2023-07-26 |
| 33905. | sadsaturdays (sadsaturday) | 61.04 | 94% | 2024-09-17 |
| 33906. | lipty (lipty) | 61.04 | 96.8% | 2024-10-30 |
| 33907. | RW (rwrw) | 61.04 | 95% | 2024-11-07 |
| 33908. | Kaleb (titanicswell) | 61.04 | 96% | 2018-12-29 |
| 33909. | Renoux (renoux_) | 61.04 | 93.3% | 2021-02-11 |
| 33910. | Katherine (katieo69) | 61.04 | 98% | 2015-02-16 |
| 33911. | Surya (surya_dev_singh) | 61.03 | 98% | 2024-07-13 |
| 33912. | lin_x (lin_x) | 61.03 | 95.9% | 2025-01-03 |
| 33913. | Hey Hey Hey (muhammadtaj2006) | 61.03 | 95.7% | 2025-02-14 |
| 33914. | nicolas (nicbint) | 61.03 | 89% | 2017-02-17 |
| 33915. | mankatanka (mankatanka) | 61.03 | 94% | 2019-05-27 |
| 33916. | Sree (sree341) | 61.03 | 95.7% | 2024-02-02 |
| 33917. | Reef (reefz_2020) | 61.03 | 94% | 2024-04-15 |
| 33918. | Yến (nnt11111991) | 61.03 | 96% | 2014-01-18 |
| 33919. | moanal (moanal) | 61.03 | 95% | 2015-10-01 |
| 33920. | bekanur98 (bekanur98) | 61.03 | 96% | 2019-08-13 |
| 33921. | Hummer (marcus@gmail.com) | 61.03 | 87% | 2015-01-06 |
| 33922. | Yun (ccatky) | 61.03 | 96% | 2012-09-18 |
| 33923. | yujunxiao (jxyu) | 61.02 | 97% | 2025-05-14 |
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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 |