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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| 34986. | Deltaology (deltaology) | 62.84 | 95.8% | 2024-11-30 |
| 34987. | Gape Horn (harrykanelegend) | 62.84 | 95.2% | 2024-08-21 |
| 34988. | i eat paper (julianlikespigs) | 62.84 | 95% | 2018-12-26 |
| 34989. | Joshua (servantra44) | 62.84 | 99% | 2023-05-26 |
| 34990. | Ilias (iliasanastasiadis) | 62.84 | 91% | 2016-09-28 |
| 34991. | orca_stelov (howdy) | 62.84 | 94% | 2011-12-02 |
| 34992. | Henry (hgeter) | 62.84 | 95% | 2014-01-29 |
| 34993. | Sagot (saho_12) | 62.83 | 96% | 2025-01-15 |
| 34994. | Skelp (skelp) | 62.83 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
| 34995. | Thiccob (jacobguy_124) | 62.83 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
| 34996. | Issac (issacj) | 62.83 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
| 34997. | ubaldo (ubakun) | 62.83 | 95% | 2013-03-27 |
| 34998. | Matteo (atteo1000) | 62.83 | 94% | 2023-02-23 |
| 34999. | Ali (hardstone) | 62.83 | 94.1% | 2024-12-15 |
| 35000. | Matt (shorts8617) | 62.83 | 95% | 2011-08-26 |
| 35001. | Graham (ghartigan) | 62.83 | 95% | 2014-10-07 |
| 35002. | RandomGuy (randomguy_2005) | 62.82 | 97% | 2025-11-29 |
| 35003. | Florance (florance888) | 62.82 | 96.4% | 2024-03-31 |
| 35004. | Shaw (shawili) | 62.82 | 95.9% | 2025-02-14 |
| 35005. | Shashwat Pragya (shash183) | 62.82 | 96% | 2024-07-15 |
| 35006. | Krishnadev (krishnadev44) | 62.82 | 96.4% | 2024-05-01 |
| 35007. | Lowel Sajol (lowelsajol) | 62.82 | 95% | 2021-06-05 |
| 35008. | Gregor (supreme_typer1) | 62.82 | 96.3% | 2021-02-21 |
| 35009. | Preston (fregebombs) | 62.81 | 89% | 2013-08-27 |
| 35010. | Soban (soban_ejaz) | 62.81 | 97% | 2025-08-07 |
| 35011. | atabay (atabayr) | 62.81 | 95.7% | 2023-12-31 |
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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 |