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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| 21583. | (favidavid) | 75.83 | 96% | 2016-12-30 |
| 21584. | (soaringphinix) | 75.83 | 99% | 2022-03-24 |
| 21585. | Brian (bcasady) | 75.83 | 97% | 2012-05-05 |
| 21586. | (sonetv) | 75.83 | 98% | 2014-10-30 |
| 21587. | (mclaren1988) | 75.83 | 94% | 2013-03-07 |
| 21588. | urmom (etsonlv) | 75.82 | 94.7% | 2024-07-08 |
| 21589. | (kharsonist) | 75.82 | 96% | 2025-02-22 |
| 21590. | fleece (fleece_johnson) | 75.82 | 98.8% | 2024-07-16 |
| 21591. | Stephy (stephy2202) | 75.82 | 99.3% | 2024-09-04 |
| 21592. | (doyouevencodebro) | 75.82 | 95% | 2013-09-17 |
| 21593. | (hamburger09) | 75.81 | 97% | 2025-10-08 |
| 21594. | (aroy) | 75.81 | 96.3% | 2024-12-23 |
| 21595. | Sant1 (nemoo134) | 75.81 | 97% | 2024-08-13 |
| 21596. | (maekgalan) | 75.81 | 97% | 2024-05-05 |
| 21597. | (excell) | 75.81 | 96.2% | 2021-02-17 |
| 21598. | (longwen) | 75.81 | 99% | 2025-03-08 |
| 21599. | (paperdecoy) | 75.80 | 96% | 2025-10-07 |
| 21600. | (taipahthetaigah) | 75.80 | 96% | 2023-04-15 |
| 21601. | (ujaanislive) | 75.80 | 97% | 2024-08-19 |
| 21602. | Rise (danial7) | 75.80 | 96% | 2022-12-28 |
| 21603. | Josh (joshblatt) | 75.80 | 94% | 2020-03-06 |
| 21604. | (sidveed) | 75.80 | 96% | 2021-07-06 |
| 21605. | (trillebartom) | 75.80 | 92% | 2012-10-25 |
| 21606. | marcelos (meldels) | 75.80 | — | 2011-01-27 |
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| 21608. | (lalez) | 75.79 | 97.5% | 2025-04-03 |
| 21609. | (plzdongo) | 75.79 | 97% | 2024-08-27 |
| 21610. | (_walker) | 75.79 | 99% | 2024-02-08 |
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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 |