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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25017. | Deon (maverick20) | 62.02 | 97% | 2014-12-08 |
25018. | JR (insouciant325) | 62.02 | 91% | 2012-01-19 |
25019. | Sam (sl0we4) | 62.01 | 96.3% | 2024-01-07 |
25020. | aubrey (aubreyrose) | 62.01 | 90% | 2015-08-08 |
25021. | Jim (its_jim) | 62.01 | 95% | 2017-09-21 |
25022. | Trey (bpechal3) | 62.00 | 96% | 2024-04-17 |
25023. | ਸਰਦਾਰਨੀ (sard... | 62.00 | 96.6% | 2023-12-27 |
25024. | Murfy (murfychia) | 62.00 | 98% | 2021-07-18 |
25025. | Md Saim (saimahmad) | 62.00 | 97% | 2022-03-08 |
25026. | Dorsey (dorsey) | 62.00 | 95% | 2014-05-01 |
25027. | Danny (danny8shi) | 61.99 | 93% | 2016-04-12 |
25028. | Brian (vance071) | 61.99 | 97% | 2021-11-01 |
25029. | Cookrieme (lonarexiz) | 61.99 | 96% | 2023-11-12 |
25030. | Nikos (oikon7) | 61.99 | 95% | 2016-05-10 |
25031. | spaceaps (spacecaps) | 61.99 | 95% | 2014-10-31 |
25032. | jesus (jesusepie) | 61.99 | 96% | 2015-07-19 |
25033. | FED EX XXX (lchrmont) | 61.98 | 96% | 2024-06-13 |
25034. | Georges (w0lf361) | 61.98 | 95% | 2024-01-29 |
25035. | NotSrashx (not_srashx) | 61.98 | 96.1% | 2024-01-07 |
25036. | prabin (prabin22) | 61.98 | 97% | 2022-11-20 |
25037. | kuyacools (lukasikhaiel) | 61.98 | 97% | 2023-09-01 |
25038. | Karol W. (xpeq7) | 61.98 | 96% | 2024-04-28 |
25039. | shadmehr (megacrocodile) | 61.98 | 95% | 2021-07-20 |
25040. | WhiskeyH (whiskeyh) | 61.97 | 99% | 2022-06-18 |
25041. | Mrfirstplace (mrfirstplace) | 61.97 | 96% | 2024-02-12 |
25042. | no (isaac_typer) | 61.97 | 96% | 2021-04-18 |
25043. | William Kaliszuk (william7878) | 61.97 | 95% | 2023-11-14 |
25044. | Jebaited (raizzel) | 61.97 | 96% | 2021-03-14 |
25045. | AdHocPostDoc (adhocpostdoc) | 61.96 | 96% | 2024-06-03 |
25046. | hugh (turkeybuns) | 61.96 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |