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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38123. | ahmedtype (ahmedtype) | 59.30 | 95% | 2020-11-24 |
| 38124. | uchka (uchka0826) | 59.30 | 97% | 2020-06-04 |
| 38125. | Marco (tsanuma) | 59.30 | 84% | 2015-02-02 |
| 38126. | Jan (johny7897) | 59.30 | 92% | 2016-01-28 |
| 38127. | Max (maxpage) | 59.30 | 94% | 2021-05-19 |
| 38128. | Aimless (ladylike) | 59.30 | 98% | 2018-04-10 |
| 38129. | Sarath (_rahmanism) | 59.30 | 96% | 2018-07-13 |
| 38130. | jsab (jaydensab) | 59.29 | 93.8% | 2024-07-10 |
| 38131. | nedelja (nedelja112) | 59.29 | 97% | 2025-03-28 |
| 38132. | Bryce (kazha131) | 59.29 | 96% | 2025-03-31 |
| 38133. | Foodietypes (foodietypes) | 59.29 | 95.5% | 2024-08-28 |
| 38134. | Arthur (ok4mi11) | 59.29 | 96.7% | 2023-08-26 |
| 38135. | Neel (jydoenwat) | 59.29 | 95.4% | 2024-02-05 |
| 38136. | Wendy (wendy) | 59.29 | 89% | 2014-04-25 |
| 38137. | Vy (vy_truc) | 59.29 | 95% | 2015-12-24 |
| 38138. | U can't Beat Me (tyepracer) | 59.29 | 92% | 2012-02-16 |
| 38139. | Martin (french_vlad) | 59.28 | 97% | 2021-08-17 |
| 38140. | * (bordercollieforever) | 59.28 | 97% | 2026-01-28 |
| 38141. | Majorant (komeel) | 59.28 | 97% | 2025-04-19 |
| 38142. | gooning final boss (rrascon2) | 59.28 | 97% | 2024-10-03 |
| 38143. | JP (jonnyp7636) | 59.28 | 95% | 2024-10-29 |
| 38144. | Supreme (gogogogogogo) | 59.28 | 95% | 2024-10-09 |
| 38145. | Baki Jamir (baki160) | 59.28 | 97% | 2024-05-06 |
| 38146. | Zeeshan (zeegul) | 59.28 | 93% | 2013-10-14 |
| 38147. | naveen (slumdog) | 59.28 | 94% | 2011-12-01 |
| 38148. | Pain (painthe2nd) | 59.27 | 96% | 2025-10-04 |
| 38149. | Niko (peanutbudder) | 59.27 | 97% | 2020-06-07 |
| 38150. | Ks7a - (ks7a) | 59.27 | 97% | 2025-03-16 |
| 38151. | e (erica0000) | 59.27 | 93.9% | 2024-07-08 |
| 38152. | Leon (halo624) | 59.27 | 93% | 2018-03-27 |
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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 |