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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| 12026. | (mentix02) | 87.97 | 97% | 2026-01-09 |
| 12027. | mrmine (mrmine) | 87.97 | 99% | 2025-06-26 |
| 12028. | trileafu (frostingbit) | 87.97 | 97.7% | 2025-01-26 |
| 12029. | (pipimachine) | 87.97 | 97% | 2024-09-11 |
| 12030. | (sickwithit41197) | 87.97 | 97% | 2025-04-05 |
| 12031. | (ceiba) | 87.97 | 98% | 2014-07-01 |
| 12032. | (vugla1994) | 87.97 | 97% | 2021-06-15 |
| 12033. | (jdawg94) | 87.97 | 97% | 2018-02-28 |
| 12034. | Violet (nidtsg1113) | 87.97 | 96% | 2019-02-28 |
| 12035. | (nova_byrdy) | 87.96 | 97.6% | 2025-02-19 |
| 12036. | (ysangmok) | 87.96 | 99% | 2025-08-26 |
| 12037. | (cjlax18) | 87.96 | 95% | 2020-10-13 |
| 12038. | (torfindel) | 87.95 | 96% | 2018-02-13 |
| 12039. | (ivanferraro) | 87.95 | 97% | 2024-06-19 |
| 12040. | (g_fuel) | 87.95 | 98% | 2023-02-03 |
| 12041. | (nerias) | 87.95 | 98% | 2016-02-02 |
| 12042. | (micahthomas28) | 87.94 | 99% | 2025-09-02 |
| 12043. | (ib_ra_heem_22) | 87.94 | 96% | 2025-05-22 |
| 12044. | Timothy (timaloy) | 87.94 | 97% | 2022-02-18 |
| 12045. | (lolbraumm) | 87.94 | 99% | 2021-10-09 |
| 12046. | Nik-Nik (niknoodle) | 87.94 | — | 2011-01-24 |
| 12047. | (apb1) | 87.94 | — | 2010-11-22 |
| 12048. | (omzi) | 87.93 | 97.2% | 2025-03-08 |
| 12049. | (agopaluni) | 87.93 | 97.3% | 2025-02-22 |
| 12050. | (michaljanik) | 87.93 | 98.5% | 2023-12-18 |
| 12051. | (granwizard) | 87.93 | 99% | 2022-09-16 |
| 12052. | mrlago (mrlago) | 87.93 | 96% | 2014-03-26 |
| 12053. | Michal (psusylovar) | 87.93 | — | 2010-11-11 |
| 12054. | cowbot (peedir) | 87.93 | 98% | 2015-11-08 |
| 12055. | (skeef79) | 87.92 | 97% | 2021-02-10 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| 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 |