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 |
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14278. | Typingmaster333 (greentyping4) | 78.35 | 95% | 2023-12-01 |
14279. | sunriser45 (sunriser45) | 78.35 | 96.3% | 2023-12-10 |
14280. | Fourty (fractionals) | 78.35 | 98% | 2021-11-06 |
14281. | Steven (kithpom) | 78.35 | 96% | 2013-11-19 |
14282. | uwos (artuist) | 78.35 | 95% | 2018-06-20 |
14283. | Samuel (bigbadblowfish) | 78.35 | 97% | 2015-04-20 |
14284. | Jayran (jxyrxn) | 78.34 | 95.2% | 2024-01-12 |
14285. | Erin (kittysquid) | 78.34 | 95% | 2022-05-03 |
14286. | ela6ue (ela6ue) | 78.34 | 96% | 2022-12-04 |
14287. | covidgotmehere (covidgotmeh... | 78.34 | 96% | 2021-03-05 |
14288. | Hello there (mrambrum) | 78.34 | 97% | 2020-10-12 |
14289. | Ogem (nullcode) | 78.34 | 98% | 2011-11-01 |
14290. | Eddy (razaberry) | 78.34 | 92% | 2015-01-27 |
14291. | Murat (winter12) | 78.34 | 90% | 2013-04-18 |
14292. | Tj (minotourr) | 78.34 | 95% | 2019-03-01 |
14293. | Kale (kaletypes2) | 78.34 | 97% | 2015-01-22 |
14294. | typetard (frenchfriessalty) | 78.33 | 97% | 2023-08-16 |
14295. | Nick (soulless) | 78.33 | 93% | 2014-03-25 |
14296. | Tomasz (elpero) | 78.33 | 97% | 2016-08-31 |
14297. | raymond (raymondgggg) | 78.32 | 98% | 2021-03-15 |
14298. | Prabhakar (gkprabhakar) | 78.32 | 98% | 2016-06-17 |
14299. | Kelli (kellil08) | 78.32 | 97% | 2018-12-25 |
14300. | Stevens Rommzky (epytotorp09) | 78.32 | 96% | 2011-09-23 |
14301. | isaac (pantsmcgee) | 78.31 | 96% | 2023-02-07 |
14302. | John Venice (average02) | 78.31 | 98% | 2024-03-31 |
14303. | Eicy (moreseicy) | 78.31 | 96% | 2022-03-10 |
14304. | a (asylos) | 78.31 | 93% | 2022-10-14 |
14305. | Joe (rookiecookie1) | 78.31 | 95% | 2022-03-28 |
14306. | Burritoes (burritoess) | 78.31 | 96.3% | 2023-11-23 |
14307. | szymi_gold (szymi_gold) | 78.31 | 97% | 2024-02-13 |
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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 |