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 |
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25698. | Jacob (klosure) | 60.32 | 95.7% | 2023-11-12 |
25699. | Tinkureddy (tinku) | 60.32 | — | 2010-10-09 |
25700. | Facebook me @ (honnyhonny) | 60.32 | 96% | 2018-05-02 |
25701. | kenz00 (kenz_tp) | 60.31 | 96% | 2024-01-08 |
25702. | Anonymous (coalmak) | 60.31 | 96% | 2023-12-18 |
25703. | Ange (johnjung806) | 60.31 | 95% | 2021-01-08 |
25704. | gollum (gollum) | 60.31 | — | 2010-07-18 |
25705. | viva (viva) | 60.31 | — | 2010-09-11 |
25706. | Philip (philster) | 60.31 | 90% | 2016-01-18 |
25707. | Julian (clif) | 60.31 | 91% | 2016-07-19 |
25708. | Emmittation (emmittation) | 60.30 | 96% | 2023-12-10 |
25709. | DingDong URwrong (dongtyper) | 60.30 | 98% | 2022-09-06 |
25710. | Rob (smooff) | 60.30 | 89% | 2017-04-21 |
25711. | Lee (enelledee) | 60.30 | 95% | 2020-10-24 |
25712. | Cora (tigercobra) | 60.30 | 97% | 2014-11-04 |
25713. | Alden (alden1122332003) | 60.30 | 95% | 2016-05-08 |
25714. | Wein (thethirdwein) | 60.29 | 96% | 2021-09-05 |
25715. | Chanpreet (omaewa_mou_shind... | 60.29 | 95% | 2020-02-18 |
25716. | Duy (ndduy1995) | 60.29 | 92% | 2011-08-26 |
25717. | Nick (iconicks) | 60.29 | 93% | 2014-09-22 |
25718. | Crazyfoxxy (crazyfoxxy) | 60.29 | 97% | 2016-08-24 |
25719. | Lai (speedylai) | 60.29 | 96% | 2015-10-26 |
25720. | Taylor (pemberton47) | 60.29 | 92% | 2011-05-15 |
25721. | jhollister (jhollister) | 60.29 | 93% | 2014-11-10 |
25722. | 100percentimprov (100percen... | 60.28 | 96.1% | 2024-04-10 |
25723. | Rory O'Kane (rorydcfc) | 60.28 | 95.3% | 2023-12-10 |
25724. | Valeria Salazar (valeriajul... | 60.28 | 97% | 2023-12-28 |
25725. | Prateek (ptath1) | 60.28 | 86% | 2015-02-14 |
25726. | Nyth (nyth) | 60.28 | 91% | 2017-02-17 |
25727. | Alarick (alarick78) | 60.28 | 97% | 2012-05-04 |
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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 |