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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25684. | Timothy (timothy5597) | 71.76 | 97% | 2023-01-06 |
| 25685. | nosrej (nosrej) | 71.76 | 95% | 2012-03-27 |
| 25686. | Sir (sirramic) | 71.76 | 95% | 2015-11-19 |
| 25687. | Giancarlo (milkman007) | 71.76 | 96% | 2017-09-02 |
| 25688. | Focusing (focusing) | 71.76 | 95% | 2015-05-24 |
| 25689. | Nicholas (vorckinator) | 71.76 | 95% | 2025-12-10 |
| 25690. | Jack (jarbadson) | 71.76 | 92% | 2016-10-05 |
| 25691. | BoomerTyper777 (derricklau7) | 71.75 | 96% | 2026-04-22 |
| 25692. | Tahlil (calicratis19) | 71.75 | 94% | 2017-02-13 |
| 25693. | Allsioi (allsioi) | 71.75 | 96% | 2024-11-29 |
| 25694. | smeedy (igotasquarehead) | 71.75 | 96.2% | 2024-11-14 |
| 25695. | ptrkap (piotr44) | 71.75 | 97% | 2024-08-17 |
| 25696. | Anthony (gosx) | 71.75 | 96% | 2026-01-17 |
| 25697. | Pesosinos (pesosinos) | 71.75 | 95.7% | 2023-11-23 |
| 25698. | ItsH (tree_3) | 71.75 | 96.6% | 2023-12-07 |
| 25699. | krabbos (krabbos) | 71.75 | 96% | 2018-02-28 |
| 25700. | Tom (biggusimusdiccussimus) | 71.74 | 96% | 2021-12-31 |
| 25701. | Elyas (ela_man13) | 71.74 | 97% | 2026-02-05 |
| 25702. | shadowTyper (shadow_typer929) | 71.74 | 96% | 2024-06-28 |
| 25703. | Jaime44 (j44clrdn) | 71.74 | 97% | 2023-11-24 |
| 25704. | Slueben (poijn) | 71.74 | 94% | 2020-05-11 |
| 25705. | Gaurav (amigauravsingh) | 71.74 | 96% | 2026-01-29 |
| 25706. | Marek (marekc256) | 71.74 | 97% | 2021-04-29 |
| 25707. | Masaki Asano (masaasa) | 71.74 | 96.7% | 2023-10-16 |
| 25708. | Daniel (spades_syn) | 71.74 | 96% | 2026-01-24 |
| 25709. | Eric (ericrobo) | 71.74 | 97% | 2019-07-19 |
| 25710. | Dim (jimmylei) | 71.74 | 97% | 2020-02-02 |
| 25711. | Bassim... Yawns... (jekuter) | 71.74 | 91% | 2011-10-25 |
| 25712. | chibrillious (chibrillious) | 71.73 | 95% | 2025-04-02 |
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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 |