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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40259. | George (g3orgeg1) | 56.99 | 95% | 2021-04-06 |
| 40260. | Remo (remoghosh) | 56.99 | 95% | 2016-08-31 |
| 40261. | Tinesh Sakthi R (tineshsakt... | 56.98 | 95.2% | 2024-11-04 |
| 40262. | Abhijith Rao (rao101) | 56.98 | 97% | 2025-02-14 |
| 40263. | Alex Rodriguez (alex439) | 56.98 | 97% | 2024-07-19 |
| 40264. | yacine (x7yacine7x2) | 56.98 | 95% | 2025-02-21 |
| 40265. | Tyson (kindalone) | 56.98 | 97% | 2024-09-02 |
| 40266. | cosmocarp (cosmocarp) | 56.98 | 96.5% | 2024-02-29 |
| 40267. | Adilson (animasso) | 56.98 | 98% | 2023-08-09 |
| 40268. | TheWidestGnu (thewidestgnu) | 56.98 | 95.1% | 2024-10-06 |
| 40269. | Wissem (daynasour) | 56.98 | 95% | 2019-09-30 |
| 40270. | Edward (hellaboard) | 56.97 | 97% | 2024-01-04 |
| 40271. | Run (runring) | 56.97 | 95.6% | 2024-03-25 |
| 40272. | Amir (amirtrex) | 56.97 | 95% | 2025-04-14 |
| 40273. | Mercury (codai2810) | 56.97 | 98% | 2011-07-01 |
| 40274. | Andreas (psibar) | 56.97 | 97% | 2016-01-04 |
| 40275. | mai131 (mai131) | 56.96 | 96% | 2024-08-09 |
| 40276. | JAI SHRI GANESHAY NAMAH (di... | 56.96 | 99.3% | 2024-03-06 |
| 40277. | Beanie Weenie (wooper5000) | 56.96 | 95.2% | 2024-01-02 |
| 40278. | Brian (briansal05) | 56.96 | 95.1% | 2023-12-20 |
| 40279. | Will (will794) | 56.96 | 95% | 2024-02-22 |
| 40280. | Surely (surely_) | 56.96 | 98.2% | 2025-02-10 |
| 40281. | Simon (neoneye2) | 56.96 | 97% | 2025-09-05 |
| 40282. | bunnymaggot (biggest_m) | 56.95 | 95% | 2025-02-03 |
| 40283. | dboii (dboii_8) | 56.95 | 96.9% | 2024-04-24 |
| 40284. | Alexis (neoysam) | 56.95 | 96% | 2025-03-31 |
| 40285. | MuamarCoffee (kingslayerr99) | 56.95 | 94.3% | 2024-08-03 |
| 40286. | Rashid (beats_exe) | 56.95 | 95% | 2021-04-18 |
| 40287. | flyingpencil (flyingpencil) | 56.95 | 95% | 2024-10-30 |
| 40288. | Kartikey Tiwari (i_slow_speed) | 56.95 | 97% | 2024-04-19 |
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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 |