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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| 4160. | S (pianomath97) | 106.03 | 99% | 2015-11-08 |
| 4161. | Dre (dredog17) | 106.03 | 98% | 2023-01-22 |
| 4162. | dilythion (dilythion) | 106.03 | 97.1% | 2023-11-26 |
| 4163. | Sh4dow (deybraek) | 106.02 | 97% | 2024-07-05 |
| 4164. | Samuli (st6er) | 106.02 | 96% | 2016-09-10 |
| 4165. | Alex (alexdrans) | 106.01 | 90% | 2012-08-15 |
| 4166. | Noelle! (montymoelle) | 106.01 | 98% | 2024-04-28 |
| 4167. | Snail (kelvin_paul) | 106.01 | 98.1% | 2024-03-19 |
| 4168. | kyro (sheeshdaniel) | 106.00 | 97% | 2025-03-31 |
| 4169. | Justin (happymunkee) | 106.00 | 91% | 2014-07-01 |
| 4170. | elyk10101 (elyk10101) | 105.99 | 97.9% | 2024-11-11 |
| 4171. | 🍉 (masqueworld) | 105.99 | 99% | 2021-09-15 |
| 4172. | Jahed (jahed100) | 105.99 | 99.3% | 2025-02-01 |
| 4173. | 🐢 (caspid) | 105.99 | 94% | 2013-10-18 |
| 4174. | nq (surfer_rosa) | 105.99 | 97% | 2017-12-24 |
| 4175. | Nathan (nathanajah) | 105.98 | 96% | 2012-08-04 |
| 4176. | Will (willbobaggins) | 105.97 | 96% | 2014-11-27 |
| 4177. | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (caliskimmer) | 105.97 | 98% | 2023-08-18 |
| 4178. | Michelle (michelle71115) | 105.97 | 99% | 2014-05-28 |
| 4179. | discbox (discbox) | 105.97 | 99% | 2013-10-21 |
| 4180. | Captain Neverquit (aurum_ko... | 105.96 | 98% | 2014-08-18 |
| 4181. | Zachary Louis (zlou692) | 105.95 | 98% | 2025-02-04 |
| 4182. | Paper (paperbanjo) | 105.94 | 92% | 2014-07-25 |
| 4183. | alex (exdunn) | 105.94 | 100% | 2017-06-29 |
| 4184. | ish (isheronski) | 105.93 | 95.7% | 2023-12-08 |
| 4185. | Me (something_s) | 105.93 | 98% | 2021-10-25 |
| 4186. | Meszo (meszo) | 105.93 | 92% | 2013-11-13 |
| 4187. | David (bigd4316) | 105.92 | 98% | 2012-02-20 |
| 4188. | Jqmfg (jqmfg) | 105.92 | 97% | 2021-03-01 |
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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 |