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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| 15997. | Luke (lukeeee4444) | 82.71 | 97% | 2024-11-13 |
| 15998. | dustin (eatapotato101) | 82.71 | 98% | 2025-04-16 |
| 15999. | Prajeet (prajeet_shrestha) | 82.71 | 100% | 2024-10-06 |
| 16000. | Gawiweu (edugg98) | 82.71 | 97% | 2025-01-29 |
| 16001. | Keshav (keshav55) | 82.71 | 95% | 2012-04-17 |
| 16002. | Aditya (adityabj) | 82.71 | 97.9% | 2024-01-28 |
| 16003. | planetcall (planetcall) | 82.71 | 94% | 2012-05-04 |
| 16004. | Thomas (jukeno) | 82.71 | 91% | 2013-04-14 |
| 16005. | Lam (eeric) | 82.71 | — | 2011-02-22 |
| 16006. | Adriana (speedyalmond) | 82.70 | 96% | 2023-04-11 |
| 16007. | Matthew (applesloth) | 82.70 | 98% | 2022-03-31 |
| 16008. | Shawn (faketypewriter) | 82.70 | 98% | 2020-02-27 |
| 16009. | I'mSlow (alwaystooslow) | 82.70 | 95% | 2021-04-16 |
| 16010. | ðŠ ð‘ ð€ ðŠ ð„ ð... | 82.70 | 97% | 2021-05-17 |
| 16011. | Hamza (hums) | 82.70 | 97% | 2020-10-03 |
| 16012. | Anh (anhakin) | 82.70 | 98% | 2014-12-11 |
| 16013. | Johnny M (jjmartens) | 82.69 | 96% | 2024-09-23 |
| 16014. | EthKrae (ethkrae) | 82.69 | 98% | 2021-10-13 |
| 16015. | lut (lut_) | 82.69 | 96% | 2023-03-20 |
| 16016. | George (sellers1234) | 82.69 | 97% | 2023-07-04 |
| 16017. | Samuel (spiriteater) | 82.69 | 97% | 2021-11-11 |
| 16018. | Silver (vuppi3) | 82.69 | 98% | 2014-11-19 |
| 16019. | diz (dizandthevoid) | 82.68 | 97% | 2021-06-27 |
| 16020. | Shi Hao (mastershihao) | 82.68 | 98.6% | 2024-12-25 |
| 16021. | sıןʌɥɹ (s1lvhr) | 82.68 | 97% | 2023-01-11 |
| 16022. | samy (samy_mohsen) | 82.68 | 97.5% | 2025-02-04 |
| 16023. | Thanos (d3bsy_j) | 82.68 | 98% | 2020-01-30 |
| 16024. | No (bambusnippel) | 82.68 | 97% | 2018-05-07 |
| 16025. | Adam (nostromo13) | 82.68 | 96% | 2015-09-14 |
| 16026. | steph (stephji) | 82.67 | 98% | 2025-02-02 |
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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 |