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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10278. | Alex (apedro) | 90.04 | 97% | 2017-08-05 |
| 10279. | Peter (hamcorporal) | 90.04 | 97% | 2023-02-11 |
| 10280. | Caniel (canielmontalvo) | 90.04 | 97% | 2021-04-11 |
| 10281. | Is there a self? (deckard_4) | 90.04 | 97% | 2020-06-20 |
| 10282. | Jin (jinto28) | 90.03 | 98.1% | 2024-06-24 |
| 10283. | Phil j (thepinkandmanly) | 90.03 | 98% | 2023-04-26 |
| 10284. | yoyo (cacafesse123) | 90.03 | 97.2% | 2024-01-13 |
| 10285. | YT (inverxted) | 90.03 | 96% | 2021-10-03 |
| 10286. | Brian (bmors) | 90.02 | 96% | 2024-06-26 |
| 10287. | alenUH (alenuh) | 90.02 | 97.7% | 2024-04-24 |
| 10288. | Leo (hogsh9862) | 90.02 | 97% | 2021-04-22 |
| 10289. | Nighthawky69 (nighthawky69) | 90.02 | 95.9% | 2025-01-17 |
| 10290. | Kevin (kevinparkit) | 90.02 | 97% | 2020-12-28 |
| 10291. | ndk100 (ndk100) | 90.02 | 99% | 2016-06-17 |
| 10292. | Huy (tqhuy1995) | 90.02 | 99% | 2014-07-25 |
| 10293. | Adrian (adikid89) | 90.02 | — | 2010-06-27 |
| 10294. | wakeupvarn (varnontyperacer) | 90.01 | 97% | 2022-03-24 |
| 10295. | Lester (lester_caballero) | 90.01 | 94% | 2011-09-15 |
| 10296. | David (wdnch) | 90.01 | 99% | 2023-07-28 |
| 10297. | King (dykflint) | 90.01 | 91% | 2017-05-14 |
| 10298. | Peter (pruse) | 90.01 | 98% | 2024-11-11 |
| 10299. | William (willhyt) | 90.01 | 97% | 2020-11-28 |
| 10300. | Mod (modulatus) | 90.01 | 95.4% | 2021-02-19 |
| 10301. | Nero (theneronex) | 90.01 | 97.4% | 2023-11-21 |
| 10302. | Nate (hoopstrings) | 90.01 | 97% | 2022-12-25 |
| 10303. | AJ Jammer (severus1) | 90.01 | 97% | 2014-03-05 |
| 10304. | Reuben (disciple) | 90.01 | — | 2011-01-22 |
| 10305. | Dave (dfonvielle) | 90.01 | 100% | 2012-12-10 |
| 10306. | Pilar (piliti) | 90.00 | 98% | 2024-01-15 |
| 10307. | John Doe (john_doe123) | 90.00 | 96% | 2024-01-04 |
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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 |