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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9303. | Richard (rbarlow) | 88.02 | — | 2010-09-07 |
9304. | Saidami (gosaydami) | 88.02 | 97% | 2016-03-28 |
9305. | InfernalPanda (infernalpanda) | 88.01 | 98% | 2024-01-28 |
9306. | Jaffri (jeffli2000) | 88.01 | 97% | 2021-10-26 |
9307. | Jean (seawardsalmon6) | 88.01 | 98% | 2020-11-24 |
9308. | Jackie (laserelite) | 88.01 | 96% | 2021-07-07 |
9309. | David (ohkn) | 88.01 | 96% | 2016-06-09 |
9310. | Nxmxsis (nxmxsis) | 88.01 | 97% | 2018-11-23 |
9311. | Will (lliwbetas) | 88.00 | 96.9% | 2024-01-18 |
9312. | Andrew (holocene_learning_d... | 88.00 | 97% | 2022-09-30 |
9313. | Humm (syedhumza247) | 88.00 | 98% | 2021-01-04 |
9314. | Trevor (nithalak) | 88.00 | — | 2010-07-10 |
9315. | 牛牛 (luojiaxuanwu) | 88.00 | 91% | 2011-07-23 |
9316. | Ket (ket93) | 88.00 | 96.3% | 2021-02-24 |
9317. | :) (nogameplan) | 87.99 | 97% | 2021-03-03 |
9318. | Avneet (avneet91@gmail.com) | 87.99 | 95% | 2012-02-02 |
9319. | amprex575 (amprex575) | 87.98 | 97.2% | 2023-10-28 |
9320. | giorgi (archangel2535) | 87.98 | 98% | 2022-02-19 |
9321. | Daaaaa (dadaloh) | 87.98 | 98% | 2023-08-01 |
9322. | Swags (emquinlisk) | 87.98 | 96% | 2013-01-21 |
9323. | dom (d0msan) | 87.98 | 98% | 2021-03-13 |
9324. | Jacob (highlift) | 87.98 | 93% | 2017-04-21 |
9325. | Sir (sirezekiel) | 87.98 | — | 2010-06-10 |
9326. | JV (jibs12) | 87.97 | 98.1% | 2024-04-04 |
9327. | Daniel (vugla1994) | 87.97 | 97% | 2021-06-15 |
9328. | Joey (jdawg94) | 87.97 | 97% | 2018-02-28 |
9329. | Violet (nidtsg1113) | 87.97 | 96% | 2019-02-28 |
9330. | mo (ceiba) | 87.97 | 98% | 2014-07-01 |
9331. | Christian (cjlax18) | 87.96 | 95% | 2020-10-13 |
9332. | John (g_fuel) | 87.95 | 98% | 2023-02-03 |
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Long Texts | 89 | 92.00 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |
Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |