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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| 15240. | Saurabh (saurabhkarkii) | 83.65 | 95% | 2022-04-22 |
| 15241. | Qwerty (qwertyazerty) | 83.65 | 99% | 2023-01-13 |
| 15242. | Vi (fler) | 83.65 | — | 2011-03-30 |
| 15243. | Jimmy John (twinkyman) | 83.64 | 97% | 2025-02-10 |
| 15244. | Anne (annannes) | 83.64 | 98% | 2026-02-12 |
| 15245. | toprak (topraq) | 83.64 | 97% | 2025-03-12 |
| 15246. | M (m1251a) | 83.64 | 99% | 2025-01-05 |
| 15247. | shaboobah (shaboobah) | 83.64 | 99% | 2024-09-19 |
| 15248. | 799 (khs4126428) | 83.64 | 96% | 2021-12-17 |
| 15249. | jo (ggfam123) | 83.64 | 97% | 2021-09-24 |
| 15250. | Adri (boglinballet) | 83.64 | 99% | 2018-02-11 |
| 15251. | Michael (nevenit) | 83.64 | 97% | 2024-03-27 |
| 15252. | Ben (waddy105) | 83.64 | 97.9% | 2023-11-19 |
| 15253. | Joël (bongo13) | 83.64 | 98% | 2021-01-17 |
| 15254. | Rubina-using this site afte... | 83.64 | 95% | 2011-06-22 |
| 15255. | Katie (kclark) | 83.64 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 15256. | SpeedRacer (speed_racer3) | 83.63 | 98% | 2024-06-30 |
| 15257. | oscar (xfoggys) | 83.63 | 95% | 2025-11-21 |
| 15258. | Manmohan (re1konn) | 83.63 | 97.7% | 2024-12-04 |
| 15259. | Zeb (dawnchild) | 83.63 | 97.1% | 2024-08-26 |
| 15260. | cav (cavempty) | 83.63 | 96% | 2024-01-31 |
| 15261. | Brytato (brytayto) | 83.63 | 97.3% | 2023-12-15 |
| 15262. | dirty_qwerty (soapfish) | 83.63 | 99% | 2022-07-13 |
| 15263. | spacegoose (spaceg00se) | 83.63 | 97% | 2021-05-21 |
| 15264. | Brandon (bjggut3) | 83.63 | 97% | 2013-06-27 |
| 15265. | Stephen (srdiamond) | 83.63 | — | 2010-07-01 |
| 15266. | using colemak (learning_col... | 83.63 | 96% | 2012-10-17 |
| 15267. | Sriram (sriram1994) | 83.62 | 100% | 2023-02-03 |
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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 |