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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| 1592. | turtlesrule (turtlesrule) | 120.96 | 97% | 2022-04-22 |
| 1593. | Dream Of Sleeping (dreamofs... | 120.96 | 98% | 2017-01-08 |
| 1594. | Luis (logarithmicluis) | 120.95 | 98.8% | 2025-02-01 |
| 1595. | k8 (k8888) | 120.94 | 98.8% | 2024-01-20 |
| 1596. | Theo (theodoretliu) | 120.92 | 98% | 2020-10-06 |
| 1597. | knife (kniferobinson) | 120.90 | 99% | 2017-06-23 |
| 1598. | Tom (thinkle) | 120.89 | 100% | 2018-09-06 |
| 1599. | Ryan (fantazm) | 120.89 | 97% | 2017-03-22 |
| 1600. | Mike (archmealfiller) | 120.89 | 95% | 2012-02-29 |
| 1601. | Josh (theboss90) | 120.88 | 97% | 2016-01-18 |
| 1602. | Teemu (tsarpf) | 120.87 | 95% | 2013-08-13 |
| 1603. | Brandon (shujiru) | 120.85 | 96% | 2011-09-08 |
| 1604. | Bruce Wayne's (batmobile2k) | 120.84 | 95% | 2015-03-06 |
| 1605. | Strong (im_strong_john) | 120.83 | 98% | 2026-05-15 |
| 1606. | Krg (username_example125259) | 120.83 | 98% | 2022-08-04 |
| 1607. | Danyal (biggerboom) | 120.82 | — | 2011-01-24 |
| 1608. | Chagil (chagil) | 120.81 | 99% | 2022-03-01 |
| 1609. | Alex (sodah) | 120.81 | 90% | 2012-12-17 |
| 1610. | narays01 (narays01) | 120.81 | 98% | 2011-10-31 |
| 1611. | Zuhaib (zuhaibdam) | 120.79 | 99% | 2024-12-27 |
| 1612. | Steven (koda5) | 120.79 | 95% | 2013-06-04 |
| 1613. | A (arolakiv) | 120.78 | 98% | 2018-07-15 |
| 1614. | cleve. (haipong) | 120.77 | 97% | 2021-10-18 |
| 1615. | Tony (kevinneeraj) | 120.76 | 97% | 2018-09-24 |
| 1616. | Was just (rsn_007) | 120.76 | 94% | 2016-01-27 |
| 1617. | Davd (whatdfc) | 120.74 | 91% | 2012-09-02 |
| 1618. | GTedZ (gtedz) | 120.73 | 99% | 2025-11-21 |
| 1619. | kerosene (p1nar) | 120.71 | 98% | 2025-12-23 |
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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 |