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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28205. | whyneedmyname (whyme225) | 55.28 | 95% | 2024-02-20 |
28206. | Mostafa B. Albaik (scorp1811) | 55.28 | 95% | 2024-02-03 |
28207. | Carson (ikryptici) | 55.28 | 94% | 2019-09-23 |
28208. | William (imwilliamwu) | 55.28 | 96% | 2021-02-11 |
28209. | Simon (kotlinski) | 55.28 | 93% | 2012-05-05 |
28210. | Domen (domen111) | 55.27 | 95% | 2021-08-02 |
28211. | marc (marc54) | 55.26 | 95% | 2023-09-01 |
28212. | murci (promena) | 55.26 | 94.7% | 2021-02-06 |
28213. | Ethan (boxisfat) | 55.25 | 97% | 2024-02-12 |
28214. | lgn5018 (lgn5018) | 55.25 | 97% | 2023-01-10 |
28215. | Jasper (jasper_he) | 55.25 | 95.7% | 2023-12-09 |
28216. | Dusan (dusan) | 55.25 | 94% | 2014-02-03 |
28217. | PedroS235 (pedro_s235) | 55.25 | 93% | 2021-11-21 |
28218. | joselito (joselitotanega@ya... | 55.25 | 97% | 2014-09-15 |
28219. | a (ajkrause) | 55.25 | 96% | 2011-09-26 |
28220. | rus (russellf) | 55.24 | 93% | 2015-03-21 |
28221. | Kuba (mrqbi) | 55.22 | 95% | 2024-05-07 |
28222. | Cole (shavvey) | 55.22 | 94% | 2024-01-28 |
28223. | typooker (typooker) | 55.22 | 94% | 2022-04-23 |
28224. | Af (aa53168) | 55.22 | 96% | 2014-10-07 |
28225. | Jesse (imtrashlemmesmash) | 55.21 | 97% | 2024-05-07 |
28226. | Gabriel (rosu22gabriel) | 55.21 | 94.8% | 2024-01-07 |
28227. | Arunkumar (arunkumar49) | 55.21 | 94% | 2021-06-30 |
28228. | Daniel (daniboi528) | 55.21 | — | 2010-08-14 |
28229. | Cassie (cassiiethereal) | 55.20 | 94% | 2023-11-19 |
28230. | Suraj Gurung (samiraz) | 55.20 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
28231. | Garrett (joejoefriez) | 55.20 | 93% | 2018-04-03 |
28232. | rk (east4564) | 55.20 | 94% | 2014-12-17 |
28233. | Brett (kaaji03) | 55.19 | 96% | 2024-02-24 |
28234. | Teddy (rampagingteddy) | 55.19 | 97% | 2022-09-02 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |