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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9276. | Victor (proglote) | 92.04 | 95% | 2012-11-28 |
| 9277. | Don (donrocks211) | 92.04 | 97% | 2016-05-28 |
| 9278. | Amadeos (onlythebest) | 92.04 | 97% | 2013-09-20 |
| 9279. | Alex (micek) | 92.03 | 91% | 2011-08-06 |
| 9280. | Nick (deadspace) | 92.03 | — | 2011-04-19 |
| 9281. | Kalo (kalo) | 92.03 | 95% | 2015-10-14 |
| 9282. | Jayden (mytzep) | 92.02 | 97% | 2025-03-02 |
| 9283. | Pokimane Simp (tallpants) | 92.02 | 97% | 2021-05-08 |
| 9284. | Anjan (beaszt_nix) | 92.02 | 98% | 2019-04-15 |
| 9285. | Ben (gymrat4000) | 92.01 | 97% | 2024-04-11 |
| 9286. | NN (bluefir44) | 92.01 | 97% | 2024-06-06 |
| 9287. | Eduard (k3u03) | 92.01 | 93% | 2016-05-07 |
| 9288. | S (leamas) | 92.01 | — | 2011-02-13 |
| 9289. | double (doubleliftisgod) | 92.01 | 98% | 2019-11-20 |
| 9290. | TahirIqbal (tahiriqbal) | 92.00 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
| 9291. | Suresh (sureshkapri0) | 92.00 | 98% | 2018-05-19 |
| 9292. | tstats[borzoian40] (borzoia... | 91.99 | 98% | 2022-03-06 |
| 9293. | Abi (applesnail) | 91.99 | 98% | 2024-10-16 |
| 9294. | Constantijn (fireline) | 91.99 | 98% | 2022-04-10 |
| 9295. | rush (rushinboo) | 91.99 | 95.7% | 2024-05-14 |
| 9296. | Arnon (bonfuifui) | 91.99 | 99% | 2023-04-20 |
| 9297. | hi (shockblades) | 91.99 | 98% | 2020-04-29 |
| 9298. | BIRENDRA (shrestha) | 91.99 | — | 2010-09-06 |
| 9299. | Beverly (lilichavez7) | 91.99 | 95% | 2011-06-11 |
| 9300. | H (huntz256) | 91.99 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
| 9301. | John (unikmask) | 91.98 | 97% | 2024-03-27 |
| 9302. | 💾 (austrohungarianprairi... | 91.98 | 95.9% | 2024-01-17 |
| 9303. | dd (no_stress) | 91.98 | 98% | 2023-02-05 |
| 9304. | Aditya (anonymoose17) | 91.98 | 97% | 2022-04-04 |
| 9305. | Magnus (moobin) | 91.98 | 99% | 2013-10-19 |
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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 |