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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6969. | pv. (randomuser0007) | 98.02 | 97.5% | 2024-09-22 |
| 6970. | hjl316ygh489yu (hjl316ygh48... | 98.02 | 98% | 2021-12-09 |
| 6971. | Kevin (kevzjhu) | 98.02 | 98% | 2020-12-22 |
| 6972. | Eric (heeric) | 98.02 | 97.7% | 2023-11-17 |
| 6973. | Kate (katehashope) | 98.02 | 98% | 2012-06-30 |
| 6974. | Ragnar (ragnar74) | 98.02 | — | 2010-12-22 |
| 6975. | cubis (cubis) | 98.02 | 100% | 2018-02-03 |
| 6976. | aikeen (aik33n) | 98.01 | 100% | 2025-11-25 |
| 6977. | Nathan (nathanpatty) | 98.01 | 97% | 2022-03-11 |
| 6978. | Jordan (jorda5150) | 98.01 | 98% | 2024-05-04 |
| 6979. | Andrew (sq_leonhart) | 98.01 | 98.8% | 2024-06-27 |
| 6980. | Eugene (eugeneteoh) | 98.01 | 99% | 2021-03-03 |
| 6981. | surgeonix (surgeonix) | 98.01 | 98% | 2012-10-23 |
| 6982. | Rak B3id Bezaf (ibrahim_al... | 98.01 | 91% | 2014-05-25 |
| 6983. | x (x8x8) | 98.00 | 98.1% | 2025-02-26 |
| 6984. | Nick (1truelipstick) | 98.00 | 97% | 2022-05-03 |
| 6985. | Offbrand (zynck) | 97.99 | 93% | 2011-10-22 |
| 6986. | DougWeight#39 (dougweight39) | 97.99 | 98% | 2017-02-12 |
| 6987. | gaby (gaby0072) | 97.99 | 98% | 2012-02-25 |
| 6988. | Josh (raineko) | 97.99 | 98% | 2019-06-14 |
| 6989. | (limeflavor14) | 97.99 | 98.2% | 2025-02-19 |
| 6990. | Ryan (ryan_dicenzo) | 97.99 | 98% | 2025-11-29 |
| 6991. | hiKalS (hikals) | 97.99 | 99% | 2026-01-06 |
| 6992. | Joan (joan_) | 97.99 | — | 2010-06-09 |
| 6993. | Krystal (sunshinenmyeyes) | 97.98 | 97.7% | 2024-03-08 |
| 6994. | Salman (xinvoker) | 97.98 | 99% | 2024-10-08 |
| 6995. | Ellen (tjsgkb) | 97.98 | 91% | 2012-01-08 |
| 6996. | Jan (janlonden) | 97.97 | 93% | 2015-04-27 |
| 6997. | mynamemynamemyname (lewis213) | 97.97 | 97.3% | 2024-04-14 |
| 6998. | Salmon (pillowend) | 97.97 | 98% | 2021-01-22 |
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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 |