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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22468. | cenoo (cenooo) | 64.73 | 96% | 2024-02-22 |
22469. | PeiYing (yanglala) | 64.73 | 94% | 2013-08-14 |
22470. | Duterte (shezzorock) | 64.73 | 96% | 2015-09-04 |
22471. | Gabe (grahamcracker4) | 64.72 | 97% | 2021-12-08 |
22472. | Gautam (ramos2000) | 64.72 | 97% | 2024-01-11 |
22473. | rt (rtizzle) | 64.72 | 95% | 2016-08-18 |
22474. | Ferdi (fndelacruz74@yahoo.com) | 64.72 | — | 2010-06-11 |
22475. | Donkquixote (donkquixote) | 64.72 | 98% | 2016-03-11 |
22476. | WinterWonderLulu (winterwon... | 64.72 | 96% | 2019-01-05 |
22477. | Rick Hojun (facehunt) | 64.72 | 90% | 2015-06-18 |
22478. | moses (mowoses) | 64.71 | 96% | 2023-03-14 |
22479. | Ola (adetoro_o) | 64.71 | 98.6% | 2023-11-11 |
22480. | Soham (shampark) | 64.71 | 94% | 2014-11-19 |
22481. | joshi (jehoshuah) | 64.70 | 92% | 2015-07-19 |
22482. | Tarre (tarre) | 64.70 | — | 2011-03-24 |
22483. | K (zhanbolat) | 64.70 | 95% | 2020-05-24 |
22484. | Frodo (htthames) | 64.69 | 97% | 2024-01-05 |
22485. | SUNIL (sunil_babyblu) | 64.69 | 95% | 2023-07-22 |
22486. | vani (vanii) | 64.69 | 99% | 2013-03-29 |
22487. | Joshua (windos) | 64.69 | 94% | 2013-04-03 |
22488. | Caglar (cypriotboi) | 64.69 | 96% | 2015-12-23 |
22489. | Phteven (sleezy_dvorak) | 64.69 | 94% | 2015-09-29 |
22490. | Theany (p_theany) | 64.69 | — | 2010-08-24 |
22491. | Frunze (frunze) | 64.69 | 96% | 2011-05-31 |
22492. | Arr (arrfuu) | 64.68 | 95% | 2021-07-08 |
22493. | Bobby (bets47) | 64.68 | 96% | 2018-09-21 |
22494. | Ahmed (jesuisahmedn) | 64.68 | 96% | 2018-01-16 |
22495. | KB_Acolyte (kb_acolyte) | 64.68 | 96% | 2023-07-24 |
22496. | Marc (toonings) | 64.68 | 96.9% | 2023-11-14 |
22497. | Steven (mindblast3r) | 64.68 | 95% | 2014-04-26 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 70,097 | 81.38 | June 9, 2010 |
Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |