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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36362. | get_pip3d (wwerner11) | 61.20 | 96% | 2022-08-18 |
| 36363. | Colemak Since (colemakking) | 61.20 | 96.8% | 2021-02-20 |
| 36364. | Gary (zingzhang) | 61.20 | 93% | 2015-03-01 |
| 36365. | Gayan (charith89) | 61.20 | 99% | 2014-03-19 |
| 36366. | GaugeField (gaugefield) | 61.19 | 97.3% | 2024-04-21 |
| 36367. | Ryan (s0n0s) | 61.19 | 93% | 2011-07-29 |
| 36368. | pimpaliciouscandycanemane (... | 61.19 | 98% | 2024-10-04 |
| 36369. | Ørnheim (ornheim123) | 61.19 | 96.5% | 2024-10-31 |
| 36370. | Nickname (nickname_1) | 61.19 | 94% | 2026-03-31 |
| 36371. | Benjamin (zhaoyun369) | 61.19 | 93% | 2018-10-12 |
| 36372. | tstats[general_iroh] (gener... | 61.19 | 94.6% | 2025-01-28 |
| 36373. | type_shark (evil_retype) | 61.19 | 93% | 2023-09-12 |
| 36374. | Askhat (smallboy) | 61.19 | 84% | 2016-07-25 |
| 36375. | Mary (maryjiao) | 61.19 | 98% | 2013-11-23 |
| 36376. | Rahul (russellriago) | 61.19 | 95% | 2018-03-22 |
| 36377. | Long (darkboy) | 61.19 | — | 2011-04-08 |
| 36378. | Hannah (hms4) | 61.18 | 97.5% | 2025-02-21 |
| 36379. | sasuke (sasuke_uchiwa700) | 61.18 | 97% | 2025-05-13 |
| 36380. | Organic (organicothello) | 61.18 | 98% | 2024-04-15 |
| 36381. | Bibek (bibekkunnn) | 61.18 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
| 36382. | Vin (vin_auro) | 61.18 | 95.4% | 2024-06-03 |
| 36383. | Rb (rbzgod) | 61.18 | 98% | 2025-10-15 |
| 36384. | vari_kun (vari_kun) | 61.18 | 89% | 2013-11-30 |
| 36385. | Mimi (mimzo) | 61.18 | — | 2010-12-24 |
| 36386. | Gerardo Pineda (gerardo_pin... | 61.17 | 97% | 2025-09-13 |
| 36387. | Takeshi (takeshi_workman) | 61.17 | 95% | 2021-03-25 |
| 36388. | Maya (mariyumaya) | 61.17 | 99% | 2025-07-13 |
| 36389. | Awalt (awalt3) | 61.17 | 95% | 2024-05-16 |
| 36390. | Hermes (gadersd) | 61.17 | 97% | 2024-01-01 |
| 36391. | Samit (samitkapoor) | 61.17 | 97% | 2021-07-05 |
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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 |