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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| 1065. | George (flamewheel) | 126.11 | 98% | 2014-04-16 |
| 1066. | Using Linux (kingvadanite) | 126.09 | 97% | 2021-12-21 |
| 1067. | (shardfall) | 126.08 | 99.1% | 2023-06-27 |
| 1068. | traben (ama_nesciri) | 126.07 | 97.3% | 2024-04-24 |
| 1069. | (legerity) | 126.07 | 97% | 2021-08-23 |
| 1070. | (vinninq) | 126.06 | 98% | 2018-08-09 |
| 1071. | (advancedlamb) | 126.06 | 96% | 2013-11-01 |
| 1072. | (elbingo) | 126.05 | 98% | 2016-02-25 |
| 1073. | (tshafer3) | 126.03 | 99% | 2024-12-20 |
| 1074. | (emily529) | 126.02 | 96% | 2012-12-17 |
| 1075. | Stop being faster than me! ... | 125.95 | 98% | 2013-09-20 |
| 1076. | Fametime (fametime) | 125.94 | 97% | 2022-10-28 |
| 1077. | (sk8terboi723) | 125.92 | 97% | 2020-08-02 |
| 1078. | (xmasagain) | 125.89 | 96% | 2012-11-09 |
| 1079. | (digid) | 125.85 | — | 2010-12-05 |
| 1080. | (han1999) | 125.80 | 93% | 2017-04-08 |
| 1081. | (scdubby) | 125.79 | 99% | 2023-10-22 |
| 1082. | Matthew (courtreporter) | 125.79 | 98% | 2015-06-04 |
| 1083. | (´・ω・｀) (gahama) | 125.79 | 99% | 2022-03-08 |
| 1084. | (pprince) | 125.79 | 99% | 2011-09-20 |
| 1085. | (40320) | 125.79 | 99% | 2013-01-06 |
| 1086. | Paul (pkanas) | 125.77 | 95% | 2016-06-11 |
| 1087. | Nicolas (dwarfhunter) | 125.75 | 98% | 2022-04-19 |
| 1088. | Sinister (devillesadvocate) | 125.75 | 99% | 2012-10-24 |
| 1089. | (moonrabbit) | 125.74 | 98% | 2022-02-02 |
| 1090. | (abourget) | 125.73 | 96% | 2011-08-23 |
| 1091. | (mattarous) | 125.71 | 95% | 2011-12-17 |
| 1092. | (potato69420) | 125.70 | 98.3% | 2024-03-06 |
| 1093. | (xnscdev) | 125.67 | 98% | 2022-03-17 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |