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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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| 22049. | ixsam (ixsam) | 73.95 | — | 2010-10-31 |
| 22050. | Anže (sumc96) | 73.95 | 92% | 2016-04-28 |
| 22051. | nixnaij (nixnaij) | 73.95 | 98% | 2019-01-19 |
| 22052. | Robert (stanford4modesto) | 73.95 | 100% | 2014-01-08 |
| 22053. | John (johnishere) | 73.95 | 95% | 2011-10-26 |
| 22054. | Nacho (gilagila) | 73.95 | 96% | 2012-12-06 |
| 22055. | Reuben (electriclzombie) | 73.95 | 97% | 2013-12-25 |
| 22056. | Desterny (desterny) | 73.94 | 96.8% | 2025-03-26 |
| 22057. | canmakeawomancomeintwosecon... | 73.94 | 97% | 2025-03-19 |
| 22058. | Raffael (simonraffael) | 73.94 | 96% | 2021-04-14 |
| 22059. | Marcus (qwerty_boi) | 73.94 | 95% | 2021-05-02 |
| 22060. | 👻 (james7890) | 73.94 | 95% | 2016-01-07 |
| 22061. | Muthu (muthus) | 73.94 | 94% | 2015-03-05 |
| 22062. | nick (shiztec) | 73.93 | 96% | 2012-11-07 |
| 22063. | Jack (jack_ery) | 73.93 | 98% | 2024-02-13 |
| 22064. | gg (doomsux) | 73.93 | 98% | 2023-01-26 |
| 22065. | Valdo (valdo_) | 73.92 | 96% | 2022-01-20 |
| 22066. | Josh (unkret) | 73.92 | 96.1% | 2024-03-15 |
| 22067. | Kyle (xkismet) | 73.92 | 96.8% | 2024-06-27 |
| 22068. | a (1sents) | 73.92 | 97% | 2022-06-14 |
| 22069. | Ori (raflabafla) | 73.92 | 97% | 2024-09-24 |
| 22070. | KingstonAZ (kingstonaz) | 73.92 | 97.2% | 2024-09-09 |
| 22071. | Sanjeevwa (sanjeevwa) | 73.92 | 97% | 2021-04-16 |
| 22072. | Ahpoo (ahpoo) | 73.92 | 95% | 2022-04-26 |
| 22073. | ohoo (oholter) | 73.92 | 98% | 2016-09-24 |
| 22074. | Federick (bonixouk) | 73.92 | 95% | 2014-09-28 |
| 22075. | Vasu (vasughatole) | 73.92 | 98% | 2019-10-09 |
| 22076. | 而自遇見你 惡夢就... | 73.92 | 94% | 2019-02-22 |
| 22077. | ig: aliosayle (alioss) | 73.91 | 96.8% | 2025-02-07 |
| 22078. | zyyy (zyyyyyyyz) | 73.91 | 97% | 2022-01-10 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
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