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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| 28213. | Jerq (joberttayag) | 67.26 | 98% | 2012-04-29 |
| 28214. | oOoOoO'' (rokas1997) | 67.26 | 96% | 2015-12-26 |
| 28215. | Ahmad Shafiq (ahmadedits) | 67.25 | 96% | 2024-08-31 |
| 28216. | Ryuseki (ryuseki) | 67.25 | 97% | 2024-08-14 |
| 28217. | Aditya (someone_me) | 67.25 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
| 28218. | Kunal (kunal299) | 67.25 | 95% | 2021-06-28 |
| 28219. | Noah (legioncontainer) | 67.25 | 93% | 2013-12-16 |
| 28220. | wessel (wesseltype) | 67.25 | 96% | 2019-01-01 |
| 28221. | gizmo (__gizmo__) | 67.24 | 99% | 2025-02-06 |
| 28222. | Hasibur Rahaman (shadin_ban... | 67.24 | 97% | 2019-04-06 |
| 28223. | Minizxs (minizxs) | 67.24 | 97.6% | 2023-11-15 |
| 28224. | Anand (arni16) | 67.24 | 99% | 2021-03-16 |
| 28225. | Neptune (neptune_22) | 67.24 | 96% | 2020-11-12 |
| 28226. | Melanie (melba) | 67.24 | 96% | 2016-02-13 |
| 28227. | Euijin (kej841107) | 67.24 | — | 2010-06-18 |
| 28228. | Hải (haile6302) | 67.24 | 97% | 2016-05-13 |
| 28229. | Jacob (jsmith182) | 67.23 | 96% | 2016-03-30 |
| 28230. | nhtquang (rang54321) | 67.23 | 95.9% | 2024-10-27 |
| 28231. | Montgomery (montgomery_oppe... | 67.23 | 95.3% | 2024-05-05 |
| 28232. | Marius (m4ryu5) | 67.23 | 98% | 2024-09-29 |
| 28233. | BigPenus (_nayeem) | 67.23 | 97% | 2024-05-14 |
| 28234. | Theo (theotype) | 67.23 | 96% | 2021-01-04 |
| 28235. | Anthony (thekingboo) | 67.23 | 96% | 2021-03-06 |
| 28236. | tonghua (tonghua) | 67.23 | — | 2010-07-01 |
| 28237. | amran (netcse) | 67.23 | 96% | 2018-12-05 |
| 28238. | brxntt (brxntt) | 67.22 | 96% | 2024-08-26 |
| 28239. | IG-lizredboy2 (lizredboy) | 67.22 | 97% | 2022-05-04 |
| 28240. | Divine (divine729) | 67.22 | 97.4% | 2024-01-17 |
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| 28242. | Mia (miaawiaa) | 67.22 | 96.3% | 2024-01-08 |
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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 |