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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41240. | Basil (brain1989) | 51.00 | 94% | 2016-12-09 |
| 41241. | anny (sweet_anny) | 51.00 | 97% | 2014-02-27 |
| 41242. | dabpenalt (dabpenalt) | 50.99 | 94% | 2025-01-29 |
| 41243. | Reuben (reubenvm) | 50.99 | 95% | 2024-11-19 |
| 41244. | Sheldon (smiths776) | 50.99 | 94% | 2015-04-28 |
| 41245. | Tsus (tsuschie) | 50.99 | 95.7% | 2024-03-03 |
| 41246. | Tom (ax99) | 50.99 | 96.6% | 2023-12-18 |
| 41247. | Kage (jgkage) | 50.99 | 95% | 2021-01-12 |
| 41248. | Pawel (tentyppaul) | 50.99 | 92% | 2015-05-11 |
| 41249. | Tejas (tejastaori) | 50.99 | — | 2011-02-06 |
| 41250. | Randy Harris (theshow333) | 50.98 | 96.5% | 2025-04-02 |
| 41251. | Veer Pratap Singh (veerprat... | 50.98 | 93% | 2024-03-09 |
| 41252. | Indras Liers (indras_liers) | 50.98 | 94% | 2024-11-19 |
| 41253. | Oskar Atkinson (wesn) | 50.98 | 97% | 2024-09-18 |
| 41254. | graeme (donaldson906) | 50.98 | 88% | 2012-05-11 |
| 41255. | Alana (alana3004) | 50.98 | 95% | 2013-12-17 |
| 41256. | Kiki (k1k1douloveme) | 50.97 | 95.1% | 2024-08-30 |
| 41257. | Jo Hall (jojo9331) | 50.97 | 94% | 2025-03-28 |
| 41258. | Weezer (theweezer) | 50.97 | 94% | 2025-01-26 |
| 41259. | tamora (mohamed_tamer404) | 50.97 | 94% | 2023-03-18 |
| 41260. | Savage_Dragon (savagedragon... | 50.97 | 94% | 2024-01-08 |
| 41261. | Mister Potato (weihow92) | 50.97 | 91% | 2015-04-05 |
| 41262. | PAINNABOX (painnabox) | 50.96 | 97% | 2023-06-25 |
| 41263. | Theophile Dok-Wada (ptheo_1) | 50.96 | 96% | 2024-02-20 |
| 41264. | Adder (adder) | 50.96 | 95% | 2015-01-27 |
| 41265. | Kun (kunhidro) | 50.96 | 95% | 2012-11-05 |
| 41266. | Chi (tea567) | 50.95 | 95% | 2022-06-12 |
| 41267. | Ariri (aririkashimoto) | 50.95 | 96.1% | 2023-12-18 |
| 41268. | wheattone (wheattone) | 50.95 | 98% | 2023-12-31 |
| 41269. | sarala (sarala1234) | 50.95 | 97% | 2025-03-04 |
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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 |