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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22718. | Ben (bk100) | 75.13 | 95% | 2021-12-18 |
| 22719. | Julius (juliusda) | 75.13 | 96% | 2025-10-03 |
| 22720. | Rain (rainy) | 75.13 | — | 2010-07-19 |
| 22721. | jonathan (jgreco2818) | 75.13 | 98% | 2016-09-13 |
| 22722. | wesevens (tkidlltk) | 75.13 | 96% | 2025-09-15 |
| 22723. | Grant (bizzynizzy) | 75.12 | 91% | 2012-06-30 |
| 22724. | Mark (mynameizmayhem) | 75.12 | 97% | 2025-12-02 |
| 22725. | R (renxsis) | 75.12 | 92% | 2015-08-18 |
| 22726. | Mezbauddin (FREE PALESTINE)... | 75.12 | 98% | 2025-04-22 |
| 22727. | Sid (sbjohnson4) | 75.12 | 98% | 2025-03-22 |
| 22728. | yanzhi (cakeuuuu) | 75.12 | 97% | 2026-04-28 |
| 22729. | Andrew (andewtrun) | 75.12 | 97.2% | 2023-12-18 |
| 22730. | yousef (iiyousef_yt) | 75.12 | 95.2% | 2024-09-16 |
| 22731. | WhatOnWhat (what_on_what1) | 75.12 | 96.6% | 2024-04-09 |
| 22732. | David (davidisapro) | 75.12 | 94% | 2016-05-24 |
| 22733. | Karlis (tmtx) | 75.12 | — | 2010-09-20 |
| 22734. | frog (frogif_) | 75.11 | 98% | 2024-06-14 |
| 22735. | Typer (originalyoung) | 75.11 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 22736. | Jacob (coutns) | 75.11 | 99% | 2025-03-13 |
| 22737. | ButterfIy (fanofkd1234) | 75.11 | 97% | 2024-09-16 |
| 22738. | thefern (thefern) | 75.11 | 98.3% | 2024-08-01 |
| 22739. | sukaipuki (sukaipuki) | 75.11 | 97% | 2024-04-29 |
| 22740. | Zchob (zchob) | 75.11 | 97% | 2021-04-04 |
| 22741. | tstats[sirojiddinov] (siroj... | 75.11 | 98% | 2026-02-27 |
| 22742. | sevgik (soranges) | 75.11 | 96% | 2022-01-03 |
| 22743. | Jian (jaylow3) | 75.11 | 96.5% | 2024-04-07 |
| 22744. | Schloemi (schloemi) | 75.11 | 94.6% | 2024-11-28 |
| 22745. | Marcelo (maxhw) | 75.11 | 98% | 2021-04-18 |
| 22746. | Drek (drek321) | 75.11 | 92% | 2014-05-07 |
| 22747. | Lucas (ldmatos) | 75.11 | 93% | 2014-01-31 |
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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 |