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 |
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25306. | sjorn (sjorn) | 61.40 | 93% | 2016-05-03 |
25307. | Shawn04 (shawn04_2009) | 61.40 | 88% | 2012-01-04 |
25308. | masoniya (masoniya) | 61.40 | 94% | 2018-05-22 |
25309. | Dan Olivera (dannn1e) | 61.39 | 95% | 2024-06-17 |
25310. | Kimberly Anne (olivakimberly) | 61.39 | 97.7% | 2023-11-14 |
25311. | Kake (emokid69) | 61.39 | 97% | 2017-11-21 |
25312. | Tyler (inamorta) | 61.39 | 95% | 2012-04-11 |
25313. | Christos (__christos__) | 61.38 | 98% | 2021-03-09 |
25314. | Doug (napster1) | 61.38 | 97% | 2013-01-19 |
25315. | Karen (karenf) | 61.38 | 92% | 2016-04-30 |
25316. | Gormack (gormack) | 61.38 | 91% | 2015-04-15 |
25317. | Cole (pierre_menard) | 61.37 | 98% | 2022-04-09 |
25318. | tstats[enaya] (enaya) | 61.37 | 95% | 2024-04-14 |
25319. | Miguel (bellcros) | 61.37 | 98% | 2023-02-07 |
25320. | Robert (pollo_grande) | 61.37 | 94% | 2012-10-01 |
25321. | Ji (jeeble) | 61.37 | 90% | 2011-07-02 |
25322. | Dewi (dibdabdebby) | 61.36 | 96% | 2023-11-23 |
25323. | Wang (brotherzhi) | 61.36 | 97% | 2018-09-14 |
25324. | me (theloafingbean) | 61.36 | 96.2% | 2023-11-23 |
25325. | Ankit (anky_96) | 61.36 | 93% | 2016-05-18 |
25326. | Shyam (shyamb07) | 61.36 | 94% | 2016-07-21 |
25327. | danakittyy (danakittyy) | 61.36 | 89% | 2011-06-07 |
25328. | Vincent (turbovince) | 61.35 | 97.5% | 2024-01-10 |
25329. | wayland (kajprintz) | 61.35 | 97% | 2015-11-28 |
25330. | Tan (lanceyoo) | 61.35 | — | 2010-07-05 |
25331. | Mahtan (mahtan) | 61.35 | — | 2011-04-19 |
25332. | Dinksmasher9000 (dinksmashe... | 61.35 | 80% | 2015-03-20 |
25333. | ✈FollowMe✈ (shamshadtahir) | 61.35 | 92% | 2011-05-25 |
25334. | Anonymous (victoriousgod) | 61.34 | 96% | 2023-11-26 |
25335. | Sokrates (sokratesv) | 61.34 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
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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 |