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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42294. | Danja (la_danja) | 50.14 | 96% | 2021-01-13 |
| 42295. | Tovic (todave) | 50.13 | 97% | 2022-07-16 |
| 42296. | Kate (mollymooch) | 50.13 | 89% | 2012-08-24 |
| 42297. | demon (demonstrate) | 50.12 | 96% | 2023-08-24 |
| 42298. | chen (castoricekisser01) | 50.12 | 94% | 2025-06-15 |
| 42299. | Ricky (seratoph) | 50.12 | 89% | 2014-10-01 |
| 42300. | anver (anverali) | 50.12 | 86% | 2014-07-05 |
| 42301. | qminh (minh11112) | 50.11 | 96.6% | 2024-07-08 |
| 42302. | TheDaniel02715 (thedaniel02... | 50.11 | 93% | 2024-05-24 |
| 42303. | Himansh (rohit_saini) | 50.11 | 95% | 2022-03-28 |
| 42304. | Us (usa13) | 50.11 | 96.4% | 2024-03-02 |
| 42305. | Nuzan (nuzan) | 50.10 | 97% | 2025-05-19 |
| 42306. | Nisan SIngh (nisansingh) | 50.10 | 94% | 2025-02-25 |
| 42307. | jo (kissmuass) | 50.10 | 96.4% | 2024-11-29 |
| 42308. | +923326006034 (janan9233260... | 50.10 | 94% | 2021-08-12 |
| 42309. | nootnoot (ezoid_nootnoot) | 50.10 | 95% | 2021-11-25 |
| 42310. | Leslie S (janlie062007) | 50.09 | 96% | 2024-07-04 |
| 42311. | Muhammad (muhammadimran) | 50.09 | 96% | 2013-09-18 |
| 42312. | Katie (miou) | 50.09 | 95% | 2015-01-23 |
| 42313. | Artainis1432 (artainis1432) | 50.09 | 95% | 2015-02-15 |
| 42314. | Muhammad Sohaib (sohaib_khan) | 50.09 | 95% | 2018-11-22 |
| 42315. | Reyvianne (reyvianne) | 50.09 | 96% | 2014-05-13 |
| 42316. | Moby (mobytakedawheel) | 50.08 | 95.8% | 2025-02-16 |
| 42317. | S (mellifluous8) | 50.08 | 95.8% | 2024-06-17 |
| 42318. | Andrew (acemcgee81) | 50.08 | 92% | 2016-04-22 |
| 42319. | Bekzod (fallen_knight) | 50.07 | 95% | 2025-04-27 |
| 42320. | Liam (lgreeny132) | 50.07 | 94% | 2024-05-15 |
| 42321. | Ethan (is_that_his_willy69) | 50.07 | 95% | 2024-08-10 |
| 42322. | mrWade (mrwade) | 50.07 | 92% | 2016-01-15 |
| 42323. | Rutvik (rutvik_416) | 50.07 | 94.9% | 2024-05-13 |
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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 |