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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32213. | Pragyan (pntripathi9417) | 65.10 | 98% | 2020-02-18 |
| 32214. | Tawfik (tawfik_2003) | 65.09 | 98% | 2025-08-14 |
| 32215. | Lisa (lisadvet) | 65.09 | 97.7% | 2025-03-01 |
| 32216. | Jacob Biese (jbiese27) | 65.09 | 96% | 2024-10-17 |
| 32217. | dulk634705 (dulk634705) | 65.09 | 96% | 2024-05-15 |
| 32218. | GCoffee (gcoffee_01) | 65.09 | 95% | 2025-04-15 |
| 32219. | Pipe (ergodoxturtle) | 65.09 | 94% | 2020-12-21 |
| 32220. | SuprDewd (suprdewd) | 65.09 | 87% | 2015-02-02 |
| 32221. | erick (erick100) | 65.09 | 92% | 2012-06-19 |
| 32222. | missplled (misspelledagain) | 65.08 | 97% | 2024-05-02 |
| 32223. | Typeman (sepyt) | 65.08 | 96% | 2025-09-26 |
| 32224. | Kazi Ifat Iftiar Fahim (ifa... | 65.08 | 97.1% | 2024-10-01 |
| 32225. | Maria (marlab) | 65.08 | 98% | 2021-09-24 |
| 32226. | Sebastian (ilikechips) | 65.08 | 97% | 2013-02-25 |
| 32227. | 詩央 (shio) | 65.08 | 97% | 2016-07-23 |
| 32228. | aulneu (jin_huang) | 65.08 | 96% | 2011-07-10 |
| 32229. | Sandeee (sandeeb) | 65.07 | 97% | 2025-03-14 |
| 32230. | Spencer (thejawa) | 65.07 | 94% | 2016-05-18 |
| 32231. | (rontran) | 65.07 | 93% | 2017-02-11 |
| 32232. | Damian (toxicw6) | 65.07 | 96% | 2024-11-15 |
| 32233. | Willem Brandt (willemb) | 65.07 | 97% | 2024-08-21 |
| 32234. | Sandee[ (sand1482) | 65.07 | 98% | 2022-03-23 |
| 32235. | bojo (wronggg) | 65.07 | 93.3% | 2024-09-30 |
| 32236. | Annie (annieochan) | 65.07 | 96% | 2024-02-18 |
| 32237. | Aashish (albatross007) | 65.07 | 95.8% | 2024-04-21 |
| 32238. | Darren (324941483) | 65.07 | 95% | 2017-08-19 |
| 32239. | Estacado (estacado) | 65.07 | 91% | 2011-11-18 |
| 32240. | Nick (nynick) | 65.06 | 97% | 2025-06-06 |
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| 32242. | chanel (transformercar) | 65.06 | 97% | 2024-11-25 |
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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 |