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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| 35984. | jack (wwwbenz) | 58.64 | 93% | 2014-05-22 |
| 35985. | Pete (pete2015) | 58.64 | 96% | 2017-09-25 |
| 35986. | Kev (k3vl3w) | 58.64 | 94% | 2015-09-05 |
| 35987. | Kylee (kyleeo) | 58.63 | 97.1% | 2025-01-27 |
| 35988. | touch-some-grass-mahNIGGA (... | 58.63 | 96.5% | 2025-01-20 |
| 35989. | BobbyHunnter (bobbyhunter) | 58.63 | 96% | 2024-11-09 |
| 35990. | Izzy (izzmilli) | 58.63 | 96.4% | 2024-11-12 |
| 35991. | William (cha_wilson) | 58.63 | 94% | 2024-02-27 |
| 35992. | yali (want_to_pillow) | 58.63 | 95.3% | 2024-11-14 |
| 35993. | Atharva (atharva10) | 58.63 | 95% | 2025-06-12 |
| 35994. | Grateful_delton (grateful_d... | 58.63 | 96.7% | 2023-12-28 |
| 35995. | Selena (selenatypeswords) | 58.63 | 97.3% | 2024-01-19 |
| 35996. | Exciter (taluvn) | 58.63 | 94% | 2011-08-25 |
| 35997. | Risheet (risheet_7) | 58.63 | 94% | 2021-06-26 |
| 35998. | Nathan (poxkajka) | 58.63 | 90% | 2014-08-26 |
| 35999. | Matthew (joemonk) | 58.63 | 88% | 2015-07-09 |
| 36000. | Reece (rl475) | 58.62 | 89% | 2016-12-06 |
| 36001. | Ezz (zazou21) | 58.62 | 97% | 2024-04-17 |
| 36002. | Alex (ayelexx) | 58.62 | 97% | 2023-11-28 |
| 36003. | jay (jaymorant) | 58.62 | 96% | 2022-03-23 |
| 36004. | SkillfulRheyme4 (skillfulrh... | 58.62 | 96% | 2024-05-06 |
| 36005. | D@ჷቸ ™ (dast04) | 58.62 | 93% | 2016-04-07 |
| 36006. | atomic (tolk) | 58.62 | 94% | 2011-06-18 |
| 36007. | Allan (allanomalley) | 58.62 | 94% | 2012-11-09 |
| 36008. | Yvan (ycywan) | 58.61 | 95.8% | 2024-02-15 |
| 36009. | Merlin (mmiller12) | 58.61 | 99% | 2018-01-09 |
| 36010. | George (deadelectron) | 58.61 | 91% | 2015-05-01 |
| 36011. | AG (anujmgupta) | 58.61 | 93% | 2015-12-29 |
| 36012. | Muhammad (256shoaib) | 58.61 | 91% | 2012-11-18 |
| 36013. | Chas (verylargeman) | 58.60 | 94.2% | 2024-05-14 |
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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 |