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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| 40377. | mihir (mihirbhaiya) | 52.67 | 94% | 2025-03-18 |
| 40378. | mander (chickennuggetests) | 52.67 | 95% | 2024-12-07 |
| 40379. | Chancellor (chancellor12) | 52.67 | 92% | 2024-06-17 |
| 40380. | GristlyJewel (gristlyjewel) | 52.67 | 96.1% | 2024-10-30 |
| 40381. | Brent (mohakin) | 52.67 | 95.2% | 2024-01-13 |
| 40382. | maia (lil_maia) | 52.67 | 97.6% | 2023-11-16 |
| 40383. | Downie (downieboi) | 52.67 | 94% | 2023-03-29 |
| 40384. | Parappa (parappa01) | 52.67 | 95.3% | 2023-10-26 |
| 40385. | vinicius (viniciushi) | 52.67 | 96% | 2013-03-06 |
| 40386. | Marc (marcsandoval) | 52.66 | 95% | 2022-10-08 |
| 40387. | John Ritter (ritter_18) | 52.66 | 95% | 2024-03-30 |
| 40388. | cj (frfrstopcappin) | 52.66 | 95% | 2024-05-03 |
| 40389. | Senpai Z (zlashers) | 52.66 | 95% | 2021-08-30 |
| 40390. | Hansen (hansenwig) | 52.66 | 96% | 2019-09-12 |
| 40391. | • (h7live) | 52.66 | 92% | 2011-07-08 |
| 40392. | Cevi (cevi) | 52.66 | — | 2011-02-02 |
| 40393. | christian Nielsen (altenow) | 52.65 | 95% | 2022-12-14 |
| 40394. | tmkban (tmkban) | 52.65 | 96% | 2024-11-22 |
| 40395. | Amazondrea (amazondrea) | 52.65 | 96% | 2024-11-08 |
| 40396. | Arun (darkknight01) | 52.65 | 95% | 2024-04-27 |
| 40397. | Eros (georgepanta) | 52.65 | 92% | 2024-04-28 |
| 40398. | FruityCigar (fruitycigar) | 52.65 | 97% | 2018-03-17 |
| 40399. | yoxu (yoxu) | 52.65 | 95% | 2024-01-26 |
| 40400. | Tommy2187 (tommy2187) | 52.65 | 97% | 2018-12-18 |
| 40401. | QAZAQ (nurasyldizimov) | 52.65 | 87% | 2015-12-16 |
| 40402. | Nan (nanzhong) | 52.65 | 92% | 2014-04-17 |
| 40403. | balongoy123 (balongoy123) | 52.64 | 94% | 2025-03-13 |
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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 |