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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| 7437. | use appropriate username (w... | 96.05 | 96% | 2016-04-27 |
| 7438. | Frieren (frieren) | 96.04 | 96% | 2021-05-08 |
| 7439. | ckla (cutscene1543) | 96.04 | 98% | 2018-04-30 |
| 7440. | Roy (activy) | 96.04 | 97% | 2013-05-13 |
| 7441. | Max (mxjld) | 96.03 | 97% | 2024-12-19 |
| 7442. | Paolo (pmabanta) | 96.03 | 95.5% | 2024-09-08 |
| 7443. | Jenna (janengai123) | 96.03 | 97% | 2021-05-04 |
| 7444. | Ales (_ales) | 96.03 | 99% | 2021-07-05 |
| 7445. | Nestor (powermind) | 96.03 | 97% | 2018-09-06 |
| 7446. | Leonardo (leonidasewd) | 96.03 | 97.2% | 2023-11-21 |
| 7447. | blue2electricboogaloo (105wpm) | 96.03 | 98% | 2022-06-04 |
| 7448. | Pedro (akhaiz) | 96.03 | 97% | 2020-02-25 |
| 7449. | McLoving (24thknight) | 96.03 | 99% | 2013-12-08 |
| 7450. | Sean (seankim9) | 96.02 | — | 2010-08-12 |
| 7451. | Atalanta (atalanta) | 96.02 | 97% | 2021-03-18 |
| 7452. | helium (helium) | 96.02 | 99% | 2015-06-04 |
| 7453. | Omar (omarango) | 96.01 | 97% | 2025-02-02 |
| 7454. | Joey (jpace) | 96.00 | 97% | 2022-08-29 |
| 7455. | Joshua (idioticprophet) | 96.00 | 99% | 2021-03-22 |
| 7456. | Scarcrux (scarcrux) | 95.99 | 98% | 2024-06-22 |
| 7457. | 🐐 (auaomamm) | 95.99 | 99% | 2021-06-15 |
| 7458. | Emil (awsomeemil25) | 95.99 | 96% | 2021-07-18 |
| 7459. | panacotta (panacotta) | 95.99 | 98% | 2021-04-30 |
| 7460. | Eder (edertyper) | 95.99 | 98% | 2013-07-24 |
| 7461. | 🦗 (typehopper) | 95.98 | 99% | 2025-05-03 |
| 7462. | Maku (scepticmaku) | 95.96 | 99% | 2024-05-28 |
| 7463. | Jonathan (hyperus) | 95.96 | 97% | 2022-01-18 |
| 7464. | Bubbadu (bobez21) | 95.96 | 97% | 2015-08-22 |
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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 |