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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| 205. | ⦗🧛⦘ ⦓☾✹✯𝚅... | 147.44 | 99% | 2018-02-13 |
| 206. | H (drhypnotize) | 147.39 | 98% | 2014-06-30 |
| 207. | Zein (zein) | 147.31 | 98% | 2020-05-09 |
| 208. | Barack (howdoigetfaster) | 147.24 | 99% | 2017-02-08 |
| 209. | DrLawL (drlawc2) | 147.22 | 99% | 2022-12-24 |
| 210. | Lee (cytokid101) | 147.21 | 97% | 2016-01-06 |
| 211. | lubi222 (lubi222) | 147.20 | 99.3% | 2024-02-12 |
| 212. | CRDM (crdm0) | 147.20 | 99% | 2020-04-14 |
| 213. | Hreyfill Hreyfill (hreyfill) | 147.19 | 99% | 2020-05-06 |
| 214. | senok (itskones) | 147.15 | 99% | 2023-09-27 |
| 215. | Yamajac (yamajac) | 147.11 | 100% | 2021-05-09 |
| 216. | Stevey_P (stevey_p) | 147.09 | 99% | 2012-10-30 |
| 217. | Yerder (gokewhoo) | 147.08 | 99% | 2025-06-03 |
| 218. | Michelle (michelleness) | 147.03 | 98% | 2020-02-25 |
| 219. | Princess Zelda (princesszelda) | 147.01 | 98% | 2014-05-16 |
| 220. | Francisco (vogelfritz) | 146.92 | 98.8% | 2025-03-29 |
| 221. | police (styrofoam) | 146.91 | 100% | 2019-01-24 |
| 222. | God help us (novabond) | 146.89 | 99% | 2017-04-06 |
| 223. | Roadsweeper Dropping D; (ka... | 146.75 | 98% | 2022-11-04 |
| 224. | asdf (intheoryno) | 146.68 | 99.1% | 2024-06-30 |
| 225. | Ern (erniechiew) | 146.63 | 98% | 2016-12-30 |
| 226. | eye shadow from (apathy_) | 146.55 | 98.8% | 2024-07-08 |
| 227. | KatnissPrim (katnissprim) | 146.43 | 99% | 2012-05-21 |
| 228. | (mononym_jisoo) | 146.37 | 97.8% | 2024-01-30 |
| 229. | (bummered) | 146.35 | 98.6% | 2025-05-08 |
| 230. | (ivlu) | 146.31 | 98.8% | 2024-04-05 |
| 231. | (altrocality) | 146.28 | 99.3% | 2025-02-21 |
| 232. | real (realscav) | 146.03 | 99.5% | 2023-10-05 |
| 233. | (jesterc) | 145.93 | 99% | 2023-02-05 |
| 234. | Alex (aleun) | 145.93 | — | 2010-08-10 |
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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 |