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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6599. | Diwangkoro (serperone) | 98.87 | 95% | 2015-11-24 |
| 6600. | Debbie (debbieas213) | 98.87 | — | 2010-12-15 |
| 6601. | Martin (martinwong) | 98.86 | 97.5% | 2023-11-11 |
| 6602. | Ammar (ammarthetyper) | 98.86 | 98% | 2021-02-22 |
| 6603. | patrick (iaminarush) | 98.86 | 95% | 2016-06-16 |
| 6604. | Butterfield (cratorex) | 98.86 | 95% | 2014-04-22 |
| 6605. | Noah (vibrantzzz) | 98.85 | 98% | 2025-08-04 |
| 6606. | I run on coffee (aspectus) | 98.85 | 98% | 2019-08-12 |
| 6607. | Bentsen (bentsen) | 98.85 | — | 2010-07-26 |
| 6608. | Ryan (ryanhernandez) | 98.84 | 98% | 2016-04-01 |
| 6609. | Owa (0waa) | 98.84 | 97.5% | 2024-07-15 |
| 6610. | sadwipe (sadwipe) | 98.84 | 95.7% | 2024-10-21 |
| 6611. | Eli Ferdinand Edralin (elfe... | 98.84 | 97% | 2012-08-31 |
| 6612. | payn (paynnn_) | 98.84 | 97% | 2023-04-14 |
| 6613. | Mudd_ME (mudd_me) | 98.84 | — | 2010-09-12 |
| 6614. | Rilka (grindelwald) | 98.84 | 89% | 2012-08-21 |
| 6615. | mclovingee (mclovingee) | 98.82 | 97.6% | 2024-10-20 |
| 6616. | Miguel (neonzyt_04) | 98.82 | 98% | 2024-09-22 |
| 6617. | Tyler (tf3090) | 98.82 | 96.7% | 2023-12-29 |
| 6618. | Lance (firball62) | 98.82 | 91% | 2017-02-09 |
| 6619. | Miles (mosheeboy) | 98.81 | 96.8% | 2023-07-26 |
| 6620. | Rawbeef (rawbeef98) | 98.81 | 97.1% | 2024-10-17 |
| 6621. | Beret (boina) | 98.81 | 97.9% | 2025-05-05 |
| 6622. | Joe (2513134) | 98.81 | 96% | 2024-09-27 |
| 6623. | Abhi (abhipro7) | 98.81 | 98% | 2017-03-08 |
| 6624. | Philip (vanp) | 98.81 | 94% | 2013-04-23 |
| 6625. | herpderpdurrrrrr (namenotva... | 98.81 | 96% | 2013-07-01 |
| 6626. | ДЕБИЛАНА ТОТАЛ... | 98.81 | 96% | 2019-01-02 |
| 6627. | mlhhsie (mlhhsie) | 98.80 | 98% | 2023-06-29 |
| 6628. | 😎 (armortec) | 98.80 | 98% | 2018-02-27 |
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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 |