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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44040. | TarelkaBorsha (tarelka8) | 52.14 | 94% | 2024-08-21 |
| 44041. | Chi (chichi128) | 52.14 | 96% | 2024-04-06 |
| 44042. | Aeron (unordinary_02) | 52.14 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
| 44043. | Ian (goilan) | 52.14 | 95% | 2021-09-16 |
| 44044. | Kash79 (kashyap79) | 52.14 | 94% | 2021-02-21 |
| 44045. | vuong (vuongtoan) | 52.14 | — | 2010-07-23 |
| 44046. | Ismail (isma272) | 52.13 | 92% | 2025-06-09 |
| 44047. | Ryz (ryzw) | 52.13 | 95% | 2021-07-10 |
| 44048. | Isaac (iconic073) | 52.13 | — | 2011-03-24 |
| 44049. | mohamad (practisetoacheive) | 52.13 | 95% | 2025-04-03 |
| 44050. | Vezuchyy on Colemak (vezuchyy) | 52.13 | 96% | 2024-06-09 |
| 44051. | Mohammed Yassin (modi2009) | 52.13 | 96.3% | 2024-02-21 |
| 44052. | windows (wimdows) | 52.13 | 96.4% | 2024-03-29 |
| 44053. | Parv (parvwutizup) | 52.13 | 96% | 2014-04-15 |
| 44054. | yuzo (chomezo) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-06-14 |
| 44055. | Shu (shuhang1106) | 52.13 | 95% | 2016-11-05 |
| 44056. | Jan Aaron S. La Guardia (la... | 52.12 | 97% | 2025-05-14 |
| 44057. | Jake Flickinger (jflick) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-03-17 |
| 44058. | Crank (cr4nk_) | 52.12 | 96% | 2024-08-24 |
| 44059. | Eritrea (robellanche) | 52.12 | 94% | 2024-02-21 |
| 44060. | Abel (doubleaa_13) | 52.12 | 93% | 2014-12-06 |
| 44061. | Dustin (dustin099) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-04-01 |
| 44062. | Cuong (cuongle1911) | 52.12 | 90% | 2014-06-07 |
| 44063. | Gaurav_GS (gsingh01234) | 52.12 | 95% | 2018-02-06 |
| 44064. | thyleak (tleak) | 52.12 | 94% | 2012-04-03 |
| 44065. | Bhuwan (bhuwan_sh) | 52.11 | 94.1% | 2024-07-16 |
| 44066. | Cyrus (cyrus101) | 52.11 | 93% | 2024-02-29 |
| 44067. | David (punchbonzaii) | 52.11 | 96% | 2024-06-24 |
| 44068. | Tobias (tobiassmithjr) | 52.11 | 95% | 2020-06-10 |
| 44069. | Nuoni (oceanpony) | 52.11 | 93% | 2015-03-16 |
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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 |