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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11319. | Daniel (qdaniel05) | 89.26 | 97% | 2018-02-25 |
| 11320. | lapis (lapis_k) | 89.26 | 96.8% | 2024-08-12 |
| 11321. | edward (soundestloki891) | 89.26 | 97.4% | 2024-02-07 |
| 11322. | Cara (carasoup) | 89.26 | 97.9% | 2024-08-25 |
| 11323. | Lauren (lrgates05) | 89.26 | 98.1% | 2023-11-07 |
| 11324. | Josh (teemoing99) | 89.26 | 95% | 2020-11-04 |
| 11325. | Starzles (starzles) | 89.26 | 97.9% | 2024-03-27 |
| 11326. | Shawn (filipinofriend) | 89.26 | 96.6% | 2024-12-05 |
| 11327. | Zoaz (zoaz) | 89.26 | 96.8% | 2023-11-11 |
| 11328. | Josh (orceun) | 89.26 | 96% | 2020-10-29 |
| 11329. | Ray (mray) | 89.26 | 93% | 2015-08-20 |
| 11330. | snipezlol (snipezlol) | 89.26 | 98% | 2013-07-11 |
| 11331. | jplow (jplow) | 89.26 | 95% | 2012-01-18 |
| 11332. | Farras (rampagefulspirit) | 89.25 | 98.4% | 2024-10-15 |
| 11333. | martz (martz71899) | 89.25 | 91% | 2015-09-10 |
| 11334. | 大頭妹 (cowboy2) | 89.25 | — | 2010-11-12 |
| 11335. | Zephyr (zeeephyr) | 89.24 | 97% | 2024-01-23 |
| 11336. | Craig (engscholar23) | 89.24 | 98% | 2020-04-08 |
| 11337. | Isaiah (isaiah71305) | 89.24 | 97% | 2022-10-14 |
| 11338. | rofllex (rofllex) | 89.23 | 97.1% | 2024-06-01 |
| 11339. | B (0x135) | 89.23 | 95% | 2016-08-16 |
| 11340. | Dot (dotthebad) | 89.23 | 96% | 2020-07-01 |
| 11341. | Andre (ander_) | 89.23 | 95% | 2020-08-10 |
| 11342. | M (mozzb0zz) | 89.23 | 98.1% | 2023-11-25 |
| 11343. | Ben (_b3n_) | 89.23 | 92% | 2016-06-07 |
| 11344. | Ghassan (lightbeam) | 89.23 | 98% | 2013-08-19 |
| 11345. | さなろーま？ (xusanaxu) | 89.23 | 98% | 2011-12-06 |
| 11346. | H (hsanrb) | 89.22 | 94% | 2012-10-28 |
| 11347. | Nicole (nicolez) | 89.22 | 97% | 2011-07-27 |
| 11348. | Elmouradi (elmouradiamine) | 89.21 | 96% | 2021-08-23 |
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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 |