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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| 40056. | Andrey (andreyrm) | 57.48 | 95% | 2024-06-22 |
| 40057. | Aiden Cooper (monkeracecar) | 57.48 | 96% | 2025-02-05 |
| 40058. | Mattie (mjltcfc) | 57.48 | 90% | 2015-06-17 |
| 40059. | Mathesto (mathesto) | 57.48 | 94.7% | 2024-09-12 |
| 40060. | shrey (shreyc) | 57.48 | 95.2% | 2023-12-23 |
| 40061. | Victor (vic12345) | 57.48 | 91% | 2026-04-28 |
| 40062. | Eduardo (duidi) | 57.48 | 84% | 2016-05-23 |
| 40063. | Maximillian (maximillian12) | 57.48 | 96% | 2023-03-09 |
| 40064. | jan (raburt) | 57.48 | 95% | 2014-03-06 |
| 40065. | ogo (amoebaca) | 57.48 | 94% | 2016-01-12 |
| 40066. | hoelle (hoelle) | 57.47 | 95.9% | 2025-01-16 |
| 40067. | Cic (cic2) | 57.47 | 94% | 2024-03-23 |
| 40068. | SkepticalBubble (skepticalb... | 57.47 | 97% | 2021-01-29 |
| 40069. | Hung (biggestahung) | 57.47 | 96% | 2022-03-19 |
| 40070. | Zarq (zarqk) | 57.47 | 89% | 2016-07-18 |
| 40071. | Ha (kyokid169) | 57.47 | 87% | 2015-03-25 |
| 40072. | NOOB69 (venz01) | 57.46 | 95% | 2026-03-09 |
| 40073. | audie (jake0007) | 57.46 | 97% | 2025-06-30 |
| 40074. | INVINCIBLE (invinciblespider) | 57.46 | 95% | 2025-08-19 |
| 40075. | Zvarn (zvarn) | 57.46 | 96% | 2024-08-07 |
| 40076. | Jak (jakgoff) | 57.46 | 96% | 2024-09-09 |
| 40077. | Sushil (you_win_the_race) | 57.46 | 97% | 2021-07-28 |
| 40078. | Tusar (tusar) | 57.46 | 95% | 2021-01-28 |
| 40079. | NeoX (neoxbit) | 57.46 | 97% | 2020-07-10 |
| 40080. | S (kiizig) | 57.46 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
| 40081. | eric (strokes1979) | 57.46 | 93% | 2016-01-18 |
| 40082. | dagndev (dagndev) | 57.45 | 94% | 2026-03-10 |
| 40083. | Ivan (indefatigability) | 57.45 | 95% | 2024-01-16 |
| 40084. | toto (worldwidefamous) | 57.45 | 95% | 2024-06-03 |
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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 |