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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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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33837. | Lộc (kerrigan90) | 61.21 | 92% | 2015-08-17 |
33838. | kevo (lakvn) | 61.21 | 98% | 2015-10-21 |
33839. | Masum Ali (insane_odyssey) | 61.20 | 96% | 2024-07-28 |
33840. | Andrew (andrew0312) | 61.20 | 94.1% | 2024-11-05 |
33841. | The_Untold (the_untold) | 61.20 | 96% | 2024-07-07 |
33842. | gillpill (gillpill) | 61.20 | 96.5% | 2024-09-30 |
33843. | Gabrielle (fishka101) | 61.20 | 97% | 2024-08-18 |
33844. | Rider (typerrider) | 61.20 | 87% | 2017-05-27 |
33845. | tstats[united_states] (unit... | 61.20 | 96.7% | 2024-03-03 |
33846. | James (itsme_of) | 61.20 | 97% | 2024-02-07 |
33847. | TeaandPolitics (teaandpolit... | 61.20 | 95% | 2024-05-24 |
33848. | get_pip3d (wwerner11) | 61.20 | 96% | 2022-08-18 |
33849. | Ayan (ayan_007) | 61.20 | 97.5% | 2024-03-26 |
33850. | Colemak Since (colemakking) | 61.20 | 96.8% | 2021-02-20 |
33851. | Gary (zingzhang) | 61.20 | 93% | 2015-03-01 |
33852. | Gayan (charith89) | 61.20 | 99% | 2014-03-19 |
33853. | Ryan (s0n0s) | 61.19 | 93% | 2011-07-29 |
33854. | pimpaliciouscandycanemane (... | 61.19 | 98% | 2024-10-04 |
33855. | GaugeField (gaugefield) | 61.19 | 97% | 2024-04-21 |
33856. | Ørnheim (ornheim123) | 61.19 | 97% | 2024-10-31 |
33857. | Benjamin (zhaoyun369) | 61.19 | 93% | 2018-10-12 |
33858. | type_shark (evil_retype) | 61.19 | 93% | 2023-09-12 |
33859. | Askhat (smallboy) | 61.19 | 84% | 2016-07-25 |
33860. | Mary (maryjiao) | 61.19 | 98% | 2013-11-23 |
33861. | Rahul (russellriago) | 61.19 | 95% | 2018-03-22 |
33862. | tstats[general_iroh] (gener... | 61.19 | 94.6% | 2025-01-28 |
33863. | Long (darkboy) | 61.19 | — | 2011-04-08 |
33864. | Hannah (hms4) | 61.18 | 97% | 2025-02-21 |
33865. | Organic (organicothello) | 61.18 | 98% | 2024-04-15 |
33866. | Bibek (bibekkunnn) | 61.18 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
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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 |