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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20145. | vqm (varunqm) | 69.32 | 96% | 2024-01-16 |
20146. | Sebastian Borjas (seb0s) | 69.32 | 96.6% | 2024-02-17 |
20147. | weights (weights) | 69.32 | 97.4% | 2023-11-14 |
20148. | Danny (h4ndeye) | 69.32 | 97% | 2022-11-09 |
20149. | Denys (denysgashaw) | 69.32 | 97% | 2021-05-09 |
20150. | Michael (yuleahcim) | 69.32 | 91% | 2016-01-02 |
20151. | Ryan (clever986) | 69.32 | 94% | 2015-12-11 |
20152. | Basone01 (basone01) | 69.32 | 97% | 2020-04-25 |
20153. | Ellen (jack_cat123) | 69.32 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
20154. | Tommy (named after the gun)... | 69.32 | 97% | 2014-06-11 |
20155. | Blue (bluey2000) | 69.31 | 96% | 2013-01-27 |
20156. | Para (parad) | 69.31 | 97% | 2021-04-20 |
20157. | . (scorae) | 69.31 | 96.6% | 2023-11-12 |
20158. | James (jimyo) | 69.31 | 97.5% | 2023-11-27 |
20159. | Biggus (biggboii18) | 69.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-09 |
20160. | Mike12 (mike1295) | 69.31 | 96% | 2013-12-25 |
20161. | Jun Jie (seejunjie) | 69.30 | 94% | 2024-02-07 |
20162. | DrViosen (dr_viosen) | 69.30 | 96% | 2024-01-01 |
20163. | Cody (12chip6) | 69.30 | 97% | 2017-06-26 |
20164. | Yeraen (yeraen) | 69.30 | 96% | 2016-11-01 |
20165. | Dindono (dindono) | 69.30 | 94% | 2017-04-11 |
20166. | Marek (maruszyn) | 69.30 | 91% | 2016-01-13 |
20167. | Bob (sammysam) | 69.30 | — | 2010-07-07 |
20168. | Thomas (tomvaiou) | 69.30 | 96% | 2013-04-26 |
20169. | sam the illusionist (samthe... | 69.30 | 97% | 2015-05-28 |
20170. | True (truefalse) | 69.29 | 94% | 2023-12-29 |
20171. | Horique (horique) | 69.29 | 96% | 2021-05-28 |
20172. | Jasper (ivorymash) | 69.29 | 95% | 2020-08-16 |
20173. | IcanhazGin (icanhazgin) | 69.29 | 100% | 2016-02-13 |
20174. | Remi (remilord) | 69.29 | 94% | 2012-08-11 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |