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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| 262. | Celestial Two Hundred (true... | 144.27 | 99% | 2014-03-04 |
| 263. | Jauhar (indoviet) | 144.25 | 98% | 2015-09-25 |
| 264. | Phozzon (phozzonunnium) | 144.24 | 99% | 2017-12-11 |
| 265. | (reckiesser) | 144.22 | 98.3% | 2024-05-01 |
| 266. | (joey172) | 144.20 | 97% | 2013-02-19 |
| 267. | (nextremity) | 144.18 | 99% | 2014-07-30 |
| 268. | (vogel_adler) | 144.15 | 100% | 2023-05-12 |
| 269. | (mewat) | 144.09 | 99% | 2022-12-02 |
| 270. | Vince (vincemiller) | 144.06 | 98% | 2014-06-05 |
| 271. | nillyvilly (modest_ked) | 144.02 | 98% | 2017-10-29 |
| 272. | (smurfaccount1337) | 143.90 | 99% | 2026-05-03 |
| 273. | (colamek) | 143.88 | 99.8% | 2024-06-14 |
| 274. | (ultimateautotyper) | 143.88 | 100% | 2012-07-08 |
| 275. | (cspenguino) | 143.63 | 100% | 2021-07-07 |
| 276. | (mongolo123) | 143.56 | 100% | 2014-11-03 |
| 277. | (niqhtmare_x) | 143.52 | 98% | 2015-09-21 |
| 278. | csnormie (nerfedcookie) | 143.46 | 98.4% | 2024-10-28 |
| 279. | (noxcovenant) | 143.45 | 100% | 2013-12-07 |
| 280. | (lhykv) | 143.41 | 99% | 2022-10-30 |
| 281. | acey (aceycanttype) | 143.39 | 98.3% | 2024-07-09 |
| 282. | ♥ (boundaries) | 143.37 | 99% | 2024-06-28 |
| 283. | (limtutu) | 143.26 | 99% | 2023-01-02 |
| 284. | (ganeshr) | 143.24 | 99% | 2011-07-14 |
| 285. | (murderbydeath) | 143.21 | 100% | 2012-12-31 |
| 286. | (misaka77) | 143.19 | 99% | 2018-10-22 |
| 287. | Wiggle (insy2) | 143.18 | 99% | 2013-12-08 |
| 288. | (qbst) | 143.15 | 100% | 2020-08-05 |
| 289. | Firefingers (birthdaykids) | 143.14 | 99% | 2015-07-30 |
| 290. | (git_gud_skrub) | 143.08 | 97% | 2017-02-27 |
| 291. | Resync (resync) | 143.05 | 98.6% | 2025-05-03 |
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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 |