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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| 8694. | Christopher (kingcruds) | 94.26 | 98% | 2020-06-17 |
| 8695. | srini (srinidhisrinivas) | 94.26 | 99% | 2020-10-29 |
| 8696. | excaliburrito (excaliburrito) | 94.25 | 98% | 2025-12-09 |
| 8697. | jameck (jameck) | 94.25 | 98.2% | 2025-01-28 |
| 8698. | jayount.com (jayount) | 94.25 | 95% | 2014-11-11 |
| 8699. | Jordan (jordan_20) | 94.25 | 96% | 2021-03-28 |
| 8700. | Michael (msoo03) | 94.25 | 99% | 2023-07-29 |
| 8701. | Justin (jvstin522) | 94.25 | 97% | 2023-02-19 |
| 8702. | Teddy (deimondb) | 94.25 | 97% | 2012-04-15 |
| 8703. | Henry (hchen1021) | 94.24 | 98% | 2025-11-03 |
| 8704. | Uti (uternyuti) | 94.24 | 97% | 2024-08-26 |
| 8705. | Richard (fireshot1234) | 94.24 | 97% | 2023-06-20 |
| 8706. | Super Succ (chriswang236) | 94.24 | 98% | 2025-07-19 |
| 8707. | justturnedtenyears (justtur... | 94.22 | 97% | 2023-12-01 |
| 8708. | Dawid (weho) | 94.22 | 96% | 2022-12-08 |
| 8709. | Mohibur (shuvo94) | 94.22 | 99% | 2019-11-16 |
| 8710. | Victor (milnerv) | 94.21 | 93% | 2014-10-07 |
| 8711. | ♡ (nev3rbloom) | 94.21 | 99% | 2024-05-02 |
| 8712. | Pat (wareem) | 94.21 | 96% | 2021-09-06 |
| 8713. | Tom (tombertoli) | 94.21 | 98% | 2021-05-11 |
| 8714. | Richard (rockpile) | 94.21 | 99% | 2018-12-06 |
| 8715. | maniacalman (maniacalman) | 94.20 | 99% | 2025-03-01 |
| 8716. | Vincent (kingvince160) | 94.20 | 98.6% | 2025-03-12 |
| 8717. | Tommy (snoopyisop) | 94.20 | 96% | 2020-12-20 |
| 8718. | Ricky (rickywen) | 94.20 | 98% | 2022-04-26 |
| 8719. | Sam (samb11) | 94.20 | 96.7% | 2024-06-02 |
| 8720. | Breana (breenok) | 94.20 | — | 2010-06-21 |
| 8721. | Veklion (veklion) | 94.20 | 93% | 2016-09-04 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |