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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| 17688. | c (mechtech) | 80.56 | 99% | 2025-01-19 |
| 17689. | trejii (trejii) | 80.56 | 96% | 2024-08-25 |
| 17690. | David (dav704) | 80.56 | 98% | 2024-02-23 |
| 17691. | Jo (jofid130) | 80.56 | 97.7% | 2024-06-06 |
| 17692. | Sophia (sophia2020) | 80.56 | 97% | 2022-08-09 |
| 17693. | Key (malformant) | 80.56 | 96.5% | 2023-12-01 |
| 17694. | Steph (stezza) | 80.56 | 98% | 2023-08-12 |
| 17695. | lamal (lamal) | 80.56 | 93% | 2011-06-15 |
| 17696. | icosaedru (achimia) | 80.56 | 99% | 2018-10-23 |
| 17697. | Clippy (jesspacito) | 80.56 | 97% | 2019-05-29 |
| 17698. | Karl (visiko) | 80.55 | 95.1% | 2024-11-26 |
| 17699. | imbecile_panda (imbecile__p... | 80.55 | 97% | 2024-04-15 |
| 17700. | Meg (meggnn) | 80.55 | 96% | 2023-04-30 |
| 17701. | Vald (valdik) | 80.55 | 99% | 2015-01-31 |
| 17702. | NetBookKid (drdynamicnb) | 80.55 | 96% | 2012-12-12 |
| 17703. | Arash (arashhetfield) | 80.55 | 96% | 2012-12-07 |
| 17704. | Get Beaten (ohwowdude) | 80.54 | 97% | 2024-05-22 |
| 17705. | Nuts (sumguy69) | 80.54 | 94% | 2021-08-04 |
| 17706. | Trevor (super64guy) | 80.54 | 98% | 2024-02-14 |
| 17707. | aman (amanrai2802) | 80.54 | 97.1% | 2023-11-18 |
| 17708. | LEKOLUL TYPES SHT (lekolul1) | 80.54 | 96% | 2022-10-12 |
| 17709. | Tiddy (tiddytwister) | 80.54 | 96% | 2022-06-21 |
| 17710. | Douglas (wndpcp) | 80.54 | 97% | 2014-03-31 |
| 17711. | RIP Reckful (suparmon) | 80.54 | 95% | 2013-02-25 |
| 17712. | Super (jrc07) | 80.54 | 96% | 2017-09-12 |
| 17713. | Speeder (zberkom) | 80.54 | 97% | 2015-03-17 |
| 17714. | (`_`) (man_of_steel) | 80.54 | 93% | 2013-01-22 |
| 17715. | 7forreal77 (7forreal77) | 80.53 | 96% | 2025-05-31 |
| 17716. | marrom (marrom) | 80.53 | 97% | 2024-06-24 |
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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 |