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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| 12696. | Colin (xx_succ_xx) | 87.22 | 97% | 2018-01-03 |
| 12697. | Pontalicious (pontalicious) | 87.22 | 97% | 2013-01-15 |
| 12698. | Henok (henygetachew) | 87.22 | 97% | 2012-05-06 |
| 12699. | werdnalliw (werdnalliw) | 87.21 | 97% | 2021-12-23 |
| 12700. | Tyler (tythal) | 87.21 | 96% | 2021-12-21 |
| 12701. | fantom (fantom_x86) | 87.21 | 97% | 2014-01-25 |
| 12702. | CYTan (tanchuanyeow) | 87.20 | 96.3% | 2024-02-06 |
| 12703. | Michael Jackson (mikle2011_) | 87.20 | 96.3% | 2024-02-11 |
| 12704. | Marko (privetrussia) | 87.20 | 97.5% | 2023-11-26 |
| 12705. | Bad (iwillgetbetterattyping) | 87.20 | 97% | 2025-11-02 |
| 12706. | Glass (glass_crys) | 87.20 | 97% | 2022-01-17 |
| 12707. | Matt (the_lounge_act) | 87.20 | 91% | 2014-12-24 |
| 12708. | come (comecurry) | 87.20 | 97% | 2021-06-20 |
| 12709. | john (racer520) | 87.20 | 98% | 2022-05-12 |
| 12710. | SeanG (abnormall88) | 87.20 | 91% | 2016-08-03 |
| 12711. | vanihba (vanihba) | 87.20 | 97% | 2025-03-27 |
| 12712. | Nikhil (nik9) | 87.19 | 97.5% | 2024-07-10 |
| 12713. | Stefan (stefanm) | 87.19 | 97% | 2025-12-28 |
| 12714. | Alex (rxndom) | 87.19 | 95% | 2024-11-22 |
| 12715. | Waymond (tapewpew) | 87.19 | 96% | 2022-05-19 |
| 12716. | Nick (nixzor) | 87.19 | 97.3% | 2023-12-04 |
| 12717. | Work (thenoblesunfish) | 87.19 | 96% | 2016-11-07 |
| 12718. | Prashast (prashast) | 87.19 | 94% | 2012-09-06 |
| 12719. | 林志勇 (linzhiyong) | 87.19 | 96% | 2011-09-11 |
| 12720. | Angela (angegodx) | 87.19 | 97% | 2018-07-16 |
| 12721. | Alex (alekseiv25) | 87.18 | 97% | 2024-10-08 |
| 12722. | Blot (blot_) | 87.18 | 98% | 2024-04-27 |
| 12723. | Vin (vibnarcus) | 87.18 | 98.3% | 2024-09-30 |
| 12724. | Mark (maolson97) | 87.18 | 97.3% | 2023-11-10 |
| 12725. | TypeWriter (soysauceftw) | 87.18 | 97% | 2015-06-04 |
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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 |