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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| 27941. | tem (_tempt) | 67.92 | 95% | 2024-12-13 |
| 27942. | ZAKARIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... | 67.92 | 99% | 2024-12-21 |
| 27943. | potatodestroyer (eyadali) | 67.92 | 96% | 2024-09-28 |
| 27944. | Danielle Beatrice (spidergi... | 67.92 | 94% | 2024-04-14 |
| 27945. | Andrew (tea2024) | 67.92 | 97% | 2024-05-22 |
| 27946. | Vishwajeet Prasad (vishwaje... | 67.92 | 97% | 2024-05-15 |
| 27947. | streetcar (dohrn1i) | 67.92 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
| 27948. | Anar (anar_) | 67.92 | 92% | 2016-04-15 |
| 27949. | MICHAEL ALVIN LORENZO ABAIR... | 67.91 | 98% | 2024-07-19 |
| 27950. | mattnite (mattnite_) | 67.91 | 98% | 2024-07-17 |
| 27951. | Jinan Lakan (jinan77) | 67.91 | 97% | 2025-03-19 |
| 27952. | An Ackerman (iamvr) | 67.91 | 97% | 2022-05-02 |
| 27953. | Chak de (gsbharaj) | 67.91 | 98.5% | 2023-09-09 |
| 27954. | pabl0 (pabl0juan) | 67.91 | 98% | 2013-03-24 |
| 27955. | Aaron (feast) | 67.91 | 97% | 2017-06-16 |
| 27956. | Cheryl (cheryltheslowturtle) | 67.91 | 92% | 2015-11-29 |
| 27957. | natfosho26 (natfosho26) | 67.90 | 97% | 2024-10-23 |
| 27958. | Ruban (rubanshah) | 67.90 | 96% | 2024-11-10 |
| 27959. | Guanymsl (guanymsl) | 67.90 | 95% | 2025-04-18 |
| 27960. | Shivam (shivam543) | 67.90 | 94% | 2016-04-30 |
| 27961. | Nam (shinemaster) | 67.90 | 96% | 2021-05-14 |
| 27962. | Antonio (onekorg) | 67.90 | 97% | 2017-07-04 |
| 27963. | Akhil (akhilkm) | 67.90 | 96.9% | 2025-04-09 |
| 27964. | Pranav (pranav0307) | 67.89 | 95% | 2022-04-19 |
| 27965. | Scott (scottyk6) | 67.89 | 97% | 2023-04-02 |
| 27966. | Tarun (tpunhani) | 67.89 | 98% | 2022-05-04 |
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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 |