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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485. | jNjdsnfd (varsovie) | 136.54 | 99% | 2012-09-06 |
| 486. | ProLife (righttolife) | 136.50 | 99% | 2013-03-11 |
| 487. | (joseph_468) | 136.49 | 98% | 2025-07-06 |
| 488. | (coolcatsavesthekids) | 136.40 | 98% | 2021-03-26 |
| 489. | ASPHYXIA (75134633271) | 136.35 | 99% | 2023-11-17 |
| 490. | (potatoloh228) | 136.34 | 92% | 2016-02-26 |
| 491. | (lophostrix) | 136.33 | 99% | 2013-12-28 |
| 492. | ihateonyou (ihateonyou) | 136.29 | 99% | 2023-06-13 |
| 493. | Cory (elegofab) | 136.29 | 100% | 2012-07-21 |
| 494. | (zircon) | 136.26 | 99% | 2026-03-13 |
| 495. | Jee Hoon (jeehoonoh) | 136.19 | 98% | 2017-06-03 |
| 496. | (memeej) | 136.15 | 96% | 2014-06-18 |
| 497. | (inoahlot4) | 136.11 | 98% | 2022-08-18 |
| 498. | (iwinn) | 136.08 | 99% | 2021-07-30 |
| 499. | (voodoomagickeyboardpout) | 136.03 | 97.8% | 2024-06-24 |
| 500. | MadsFuldGas (swaax) | 135.99 | 99% | 2019-03-10 |
| 501. | (olive11) | 135.98 | 97% | 2022-09-23 |
| 502. | PinkPepper (pinkpepper) | 135.98 | 99% | 2024-06-11 |
| 503. | (king_sam) | 135.97 | 98% | 2014-02-03 |
| 504. | (y3llav) | 135.96 | 97% | 2013-02-02 |
| 505. | (moodster91) | 135.90 | 99% | 2025-07-19 |
| 506. | Daniel (intangiblesniper) | 135.89 | 99% | 2021-05-15 |
| 507. | (zyrrac2) | 135.87 | 99% | 2017-07-19 |
| 508. | ~HAVOC~ (havocprodigy) | 135.86 | 99% | 2015-06-24 |
| 509. | (sleesong) | 135.84 | 98% | 2013-03-20 |
| 510. | (louisegluckk) | 135.83 | 99.8% | 2025-03-06 |
| 511. | anthony (antoneni) | 135.83 | 98.1% | 2025-02-01 |
| 512. | (henryv70) | 135.75 | 98.5% | 2025-01-08 |
| 513. | Nanashi (watari009) | 135.74 | 100% | 2024-03-03 |
| 514. | (amelia_c05) | 135.69 | 97% | 2021-06-11 |
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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 |