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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17289. | Curran (logbasepotato) | 80.83 | 97% | 2020-12-22 |
| 17290. | Teodor (teoalcola) | 80.83 | 96% | 2011-12-04 |
| 17291. | Renny (cosmic) | 80.83 | — | 2010-07-14 |
| 17292. | Samuel (7hands) | 80.83 | 88% | 2012-08-23 |
| 17293. | ebi (minhosbundles) | 80.82 | 97% | 2023-12-02 |
| 17294. | Dienamic (dienamic) | 80.82 | 96% | 2024-09-17 |
| 17295. | Vanaka (vanaka) | 80.82 | 96.4% | 2024-12-01 |
| 17296. | Jimmy (flashcode) | 80.82 | 97% | 2016-06-28 |
| 17297. | Papa2ChainZ (elvaton) | 80.82 | 97.1% | 2024-01-15 |
| 17298. | Petch (petch_sama) | 80.82 | 95% | 2013-06-05 |
| 17299. | Mason (edwardmason) | 80.82 | 97% | 2017-11-25 |
| 17300. | Maiju (maiju_04) | 80.81 | 96% | 2025-06-07 |
| 17301. | Solas (solass) | 80.81 | 96% | 2025-02-26 |
| 17302. | bot (bot_bot_bot) | 80.81 | 99% | 2025-02-22 |
| 17303. | Aleksi (jeboust) | 80.81 | 94.7% | 2025-01-13 |
| 17304. | julsdgreat (julsdgreat) | 80.81 | 99% | 2022-11-05 |
| 17305. | grgrdvrt (grgrdvrt) | 80.80 | 99% | 2025-06-16 |
| 17306. | inclarition (inclarition) | 80.80 | 97% | 2025-09-28 |
| 17307. | Pagsi (siopaop) | 80.80 | 97.7% | 2025-02-27 |
| 17308. | xixi (silaphya) | 80.80 | 100% | 2021-05-19 |
| 17309. | Yet (yet1208) | 80.80 | 97.6% | 2024-10-19 |
| 17310. | Breen (gajuwakaghajini) | 80.80 | 92% | 2013-04-05 |
| 17311. | majxo (majxo) | 80.79 | 96% | 2023-04-27 |
| 17312. | Samoa (keepinupwmae) | 80.79 | 98% | 2025-08-28 |
| 17313. | skelly (skellyjonut) | 80.79 | 98.1% | 2024-05-08 |
| 17314. | Hoàng (hoang_dk) | 80.79 | 98.6% | 2024-04-23 |
| 17315. | Ziyad (jayzee123456789) | 80.79 | 97% | 2023-11-29 |
| 17316. | Marcy (izliando) | 80.79 | 98.6% | 2024-02-25 |
| 17317. | squall (squalllionheart) | 80.79 | 99% | 2023-12-14 |
| 17318. | Alex (raize) | 80.79 | — | 2011-04-20 |
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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 |