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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43971. | Thuy (thuydinh) | 52.16 | 91% | 2012-08-18 |
| 43972. | userdead000 (userdead000) | 52.15 | 95% | 2024-04-18 |
| 43973. | cabsab (cabsab) | 52.15 | 96.3% | 2024-05-23 |
| 43974. | Campbell (pangrules80) | 52.15 | 93% | 2019-12-11 |
| 43975. | lo (raymondsung) | 52.15 | 83% | 2011-11-28 |
| 43976. | Anhar (anhar) | 52.15 | 94% | 2017-09-14 |
| 43977. | Kim (hypomania9) | 52.15 | 94% | 2015-05-27 |
| 43978. | Vengence99 (vengence99) | 52.14 | 86% | 2013-08-20 |
| 43979. | RicB (deanace) | 52.14 | 95.1% | 2024-12-08 |
| 43980. | Cratoz (cratoz_) | 52.14 | 96% | 2023-05-24 |
| 43981. | TarelkaBorsha (tarelka8) | 52.14 | 94% | 2024-08-21 |
| 43982. | Chi (chichi128) | 52.14 | 96% | 2024-04-06 |
| 43983. | Aeron (unordinary_02) | 52.14 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 43984. | Ian (goilan) | 52.14 | 95% | 2021-09-16 |
| 43985. | Kash79 (kashyap79) | 52.14 | 94% | 2021-02-21 |
| 43986. | vuong (vuongtoan) | 52.14 | — | 2010-07-23 |
| 43987. | Ismail (isma272) | 52.13 | 92% | 2025-06-09 |
| 43988. | Ryz (ryzw) | 52.13 | 95% | 2021-07-10 |
| 43989. | Isaac (iconic073) | 52.13 | — | 2011-03-24 |
| 43990. | mohamad (practisetoacheive) | 52.13 | 95% | 2025-04-03 |
| 43991. | Vezuchyy on Colemak (vezuchyy) | 52.13 | 96% | 2024-06-09 |
| 43992. | Mohammed Yassin (modi2009) | 52.13 | 96.3% | 2024-02-21 |
| 43993. | windows (wimdows) | 52.13 | 96.4% | 2024-03-29 |
| 43994. | Parv (parvwutizup) | 52.13 | 96% | 2014-04-15 |
| 43995. | yuzo (chomezo) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-06-14 |
| 43996. | Shu (shuhang1106) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-11-05 |
| 43997. | Jan Aaron S. La Guardia (la... | 52.12 | 97% | 2025-05-14 |
| 43998. | Jake Flickinger (jflick) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-03-17 |
| 43999. | Crank (cr4nk_) | 52.12 | 96% | 2024-08-24 |
| 44000. | Eritrea (robellanche) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-02-21 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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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 |