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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45436. | Alden (aldendino) | 49.20 | 87% | 2015-05-03 |
| 45437. | Mark (jmak35) | 49.19 | 95% | 2025-04-10 |
| 45438. | BLCKSMTH (blcksmth) | 49.19 | 94% | 2024-03-19 |
| 45439. | shiloh (shil0h_) | 49.19 | 96% | 2024-05-07 |
| 45440. | mag (mag255) | 49.19 | 95% | 2020-08-20 |
| 45441. | yasser (yasserhr) | 49.19 | 95% | 2021-09-20 |
| 45442. | 3PIKK (3pikk) | 49.19 | 95% | 2017-04-23 |
| 45443. | Debjyoti (dev_lee) | 49.19 | 91% | 2012-05-05 |
| 45444. | abdelrhman (abdelrhman798) | 49.18 | 97% | 2025-06-15 |
| 45445. | Laz (lazzo) | 49.18 | 95% | 2021-06-05 |
| 45446. | Chelsea (c_williams23) | 49.18 | 94% | 2014-10-22 |
| 45447. | Victoria (missv) | 49.18 | — | 2010-12-10 |
| 45448. | k (knuppu) | 49.17 | 96% | 2023-12-06 |
| 45449. | 666Rising (666rising) | 49.17 | 95% | 2022-01-12 |
| 45450. | chandu (chandu970) | 49.17 | 95% | 2020-11-23 |
| 45451. | Af (aa5316893) | 49.17 | 93% | 2014-06-11 |
| 45452. | Monk (monk_ind999) | 49.16 | 95% | 2025-08-22 |
| 45453. | Rythmn (monkycap) | 49.16 | 94.3% | 2024-11-26 |
| 45454. | abyl (abyl_10) | 49.16 | 93% | 2021-07-27 |
| 45455. | Nahid Hasan Pallab (pallab4... | 49.15 | 93% | 2021-10-05 |
| 45456. | Naless8Ice (bigice457) | 49.15 | 97.3% | 2024-08-17 |
| 45457. | Sang (nhs89) | 49.15 | 93% | 2012-02-09 |
| 45458. | Halil (lilko) | 49.15 | 97% | 2011-06-21 |
| 45459. | jason (jason_park) | 49.15 | 89% | 2012-03-19 |
| 45460. | helen (antique_ets) | 49.14 | 93.9% | 2025-01-13 |
| 45461. | flanker (fl3nker) | 49.14 | 96% | 2024-08-11 |
| 45462. | Ochi (ochimoto) | 49.14 | 94.1% | 2024-01-03 |
| 45463. | Zech (rive) | 49.14 | — | 2010-11-24 |
| 45464. | Rekelo (rekelo) | 49.14 | 94% | 2020-12-23 |
| 45465. | Hassan (elsayad) | 49.14 | 94% | 2025-07-16 |
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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 |