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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| 5177. | Lyam Katz (lyam_katz) | 103.30 | 99% | 2025-07-09 |
| 5178. | Fopuy (fopuy) | 103.29 | 99% | 2022-12-31 |
| 5179. | एक नेपाली (... | 103.29 | 95% | 2017-04-11 |
| 5180. | Dennis (dennissc) | 103.29 | 98% | 2012-06-15 |
| 5181. | AK (a2526) | 103.28 | 99% | 2024-07-18 |
| 5182. | Brandon (bsprague) | 103.28 | 99% | 2025-08-22 |
| 5183. | Stuart (crazystu) | 103.28 | 96% | 2015-08-11 |
| 5184. | Moy (moy280) | 103.28 | 97% | 2025-04-22 |
| 5185. | Baked and Buttered (mcallen... | 103.28 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
| 5186. | Chetan (ch374n) | 103.28 | 98% | 2021-06-02 |
| 5187. | Kenji (moarkenji) | 103.28 | 95% | 2015-07-31 |
| 5188. | JimDeezy (jimdeezy) | 103.27 | 96% | 2025-12-11 |
| 5189. | elliptic (elliptic) | 103.26 | 99.5% | 2024-07-01 |
| 5190. | Boxie (boxiewoxie) | 103.26 | 97% | 2021-08-10 |
| 5191. | Deus (deusdeceit) | 103.26 | 99% | 2013-09-15 |
| 5192. | failzor (failzor) | 103.26 | 99% | 2018-09-07 |
| 5193. | UF Pakistan (umarpakistan) | 103.25 | 98.3% | 2023-12-19 |
| 5194. | ENLIGHTENED MAC USER (tedty... | 103.25 | 98.8% | 2024-10-01 |
| 5195. | Zonith (zonith) | 103.25 | 98% | 2021-09-22 |
| 5196. | Miki (pkong001) | 103.24 | 99% | 2025-07-19 |
| 5197. | bruh (acadao11) | 103.24 | 97.7% | 2023-10-21 |
| 5198. | vroom💤 (noprop) | 103.24 | 97% | 2020-01-19 |
| 5199. | Take (teysolongo) | 103.24 | 99% | 2015-05-13 |
| 5200. | Chirag (acureon) | 103.24 | 98% | 2013-07-21 |
| 5201. | Das FoO (foobird) | 103.24 | 99% | 2016-10-16 |
| 5202. | Justin🍝 (eliteshrimp) | 103.23 | 97% | 2015-09-12 |
| 5203. | Ethan (ethanssnyder) | 103.22 | 97% | 2025-07-06 |
| 5204. | henry~ (henryo) | 103.22 | 95% | 2013-07-28 |
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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 |