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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| 6996. | ZY (godchou22) | 97.21 | 98% | 2020-10-17 |
| 6997. | Pehz (pehz) | 97.21 | 97% | 2021-08-28 |
| 6998. | Haggis (haggis) | 97.21 | 98% | 2012-01-12 |
| 6999. | Joe (mareep) | 97.21 | 91% | 2015-11-23 |
| 7000. | Fons (fonsie89) | 97.20 | 97% | 2023-05-05 |
| 7001. | Yash (yashshah) | 97.20 | 92% | 2011-12-18 |
| 7002. | hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... | 97.20 | 99% | 2024-07-20 |
| 7003. | Jake (cloudberrylive) | 97.20 | 95% | 2013-09-29 |
| 7004. | Jorge (gdgz) | 97.20 | 94% | 2015-05-04 |
| 7005. | allison (_allisonsun) | 97.19 | 97% | 2021-08-15 |
| 7006. | gradient (misaelmmorales06) | 97.19 | 98% | 2022-04-13 |
| 7007. | Daniel (macropgahe) | 97.18 | 97.5% | 2024-05-22 |
| 7008. | Kaylee (kaycamper19) | 97.18 | 98% | 2021-07-14 |
| 7009. | KBA (kdlt) | 97.18 | 97% | 2020-05-30 |
| 7010. | Jonathan (mabberino) | 97.18 | 98% | 2022-07-29 |
| 7011. | Robert (z1lc) | 97.18 | 94% | 2012-04-18 |
| 7012. | Angel Nunez (angel_n) | 97.17 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 7013. | Lauren (merpling) | 97.17 | 98% | 2021-11-21 |
| 7014. | Nick (nidzoni) | 97.17 | 97% | 2021-10-25 |
| 7015. | JJ (japie4life) | 97.17 | 92% | 2016-10-29 |
| 7016. | (caprices) | 97.16 | 97.7% | 2025-03-19 |
| 7017. | Cooper (gainczak) | 97.16 | 97% | 2022-10-01 |
| 7018. | New typer (otherslowtyper) | 97.16 | 99% | 2023-12-05 |
| 7019. | ใดใใใ (danny45) | 97.16 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 7020. | Paul (paul_lebedev) | 97.15 | 97% | 2022-01-03 |
| 7021. | Katy (kittymeowers) | 97.15 | 99% | 2017-07-19 |
| 7022. | Emily (milay68) | 97.15 | — | 2010-10-25 |
| 7023. | Kyle (puddlepoopin) | 97.14 | 97% | 2024-08-22 |
| 7024. | azangeho (coreiscool) | 97.14 | 97% | 2021-06-13 |
| 7025. | Shiki (cheng500) | 97.14 | 95% | 2013-07-29 |
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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 |