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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
13572. | Antonio (antoniopelayo) | 80.27 | 98% | 2021-06-29 |
13573. | K1ngVince (vincentbarrozo) | 80.27 | 93% | 2016-11-07 |
13574. | Nicholas (colemak_newbie) | 80.27 | 99% | 2017-07-27 |
13575. | 1billion (1billion) | 80.26 | 95.4% | 2024-02-09 |
13576. | Smoke (smoke91) | 80.26 | 98% | 2021-01-20 |
13577. | Nagaraj (ngrj93) | 80.26 | 96% | 2016-08-18 |
13578. | Felix (idk14344) | 80.25 | 96.2% | 2024-03-13 |
13579. | [redacted] (iasbihtdtty) | 80.25 | 97% | 2023-08-15 |
13580. | Pol (gonfreecs99) | 80.25 | 96% | 2020-11-05 |
13581. | Roberto (rob013) | 80.25 | 95% | 2012-01-17 |
13582. | DA (kaze79) | 80.24 | 94% | 2014-05-06 |
13583. | Tendy (tendy123) | 80.24 | 98% | 2024-03-07 |
13584. | The D Legend (the_d_legend) | 80.24 | 97% | 2021-03-18 |
13585. | sinegav (sinegav) | 80.24 | 96% | 2016-11-02 |
13586. | Anton (racketen) | 80.24 | 97% | 2016-07-18 |
13587. | keaton (keaton_____) | 80.24 | 91% | 2014-06-30 |
13588. | ShootPaperPen (releyed) | 80.23 | 97% | 2023-12-07 |
13589. | rajnish (rajnishkumar31) | 80.23 | 97.3% | 2023-12-06 |
13590. | Arun (systemflaws) | 80.23 | 98% | 2022-08-16 |
13591. | mati (taux) | 80.23 | 97% | 2021-04-08 |
13592. | Cael (paile) | 80.23 | 95.7% | 2021-02-05 |
13593. | Oscar (mightymitez) | 80.23 | 94% | 2013-02-07 |
13594. | Bruno (nortonpt) | 80.23 | 96% | 2015-04-08 |
13595. | copol (copol) | 80.23 | 97% | 2016-09-10 |
13596. | Kenz (owxiken) | 80.22 | 97% | 2024-04-25 |
13597. | ovt (mapleszn22) | 80.22 | 96% | 2023-11-17 |
13598. | Abhishek (agbcg) | 80.22 | 97% | 2023-06-10 |
13599. | Turkey (habibiturkey) | 80.22 | 97% | 2023-03-08 |
13600. | As-mar (burnflare) | 80.22 | 98% | 2020-09-03 |
13601. | kwonman99 (kwonman99) | 80.22 | 98% | 2019-04-24 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |