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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8174. | Sriram (ozymandias1213) | 94.29 | 98% | 2021-05-19 |
8175. | 一向 (quan72io) | 94.29 | 99% | 2021-03-06 |
8176. | ice (iceball4321) | 94.29 | 97% | 2018-05-04 |
8177. | Matthew (clubmeber) | 94.29 | 95% | 2013-07-19 |
8178. | hi cutie (an66atwork) | 94.29 | 97% | 2020-01-09 |
8179. | J (gyrsulci) | 94.28 | 98% | 2021-05-08 |
8180. | cho (tp_yh) | 94.28 | 97% | 2020-02-15 |
8181. | Nathan (96retsamkcid) | 94.28 | 98% | 2022-05-12 |
8182. | Naren (dva6102) | 94.28 | 98% | 2013-06-05 |
8183. | Michael (furious1988) | 94.28 | 96% | 2013-09-04 |
8184. | KK (kk123456) | 94.28 | 99% | 2013-06-11 |
8185. | Shinyeong (ddalmu) | 94.27 | 99% | 2024-03-26 |
8186. | Samwise (dirtydingo904) | 94.27 | 97.2% | 2024-02-14 |
8187. | Osh (elvor) | 94.27 | 98% | 2021-10-12 |
8188. | Randy (wolfrayne) | 94.27 | 99% | 2014-10-26 |
8189. | Jackie (september4) | 94.27 | 96% | 2014-01-12 |
8190. | Hansel (adsfhgadfhdafh) | 94.26 | 97% | 2020-02-05 |
8191. | Do Huu (thanhame) | 94.26 | 99% | 2019-03-01 |
8192. | Christopher (kingcruds) | 94.26 | 98% | 2020-06-17 |
8193. | srini (srinidhisrinivas) | 94.26 | 99% | 2020-10-29 |
8194. | jameck (jameck) | 94.25 | 98.2% | 2025-01-28 |
8195. | jayount.com (jayount) | 94.25 | 95% | 2014-11-11 |
8196. | Jordan (jordan_20) | 94.25 | 96% | 2021-03-28 |
8197. | Michael (msoo03) | 94.25 | 99% | 2023-07-29 |
8198. | Justin (jvstin522) | 94.25 | 97% | 2023-02-19 |
8199. | Teddy (deimondb) | 94.25 | 97% | 2012-04-15 |
8200. | Richard (fireshot1234) | 94.24 | 97% | 2023-06-20 |
8201. | सौरव سورو (saur... | 94.23 | 97.3% | 2025-04-26 |
8202. | justturnedtenyears (justtur... | 94.22 | 97% | 2023-12-01 |
8203. | Dawid (weho) | 94.22 | 96% | 2022-12-08 |
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Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |