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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18212. | William (rc7718) | 71.78 | 99% | 2013-01-11 |
18213. | espo (espooooo) | 71.78 | 95% | 2021-01-09 |
18214. | 03436578 (03436578) | 71.78 | 98.1% | 2023-11-29 |
18215. | Cho (cho82) | 71.78 | 95.1% | 2023-12-14 |
18216. | VeeDub (vyenson) | 71.78 | 93% | 2014-06-06 |
18217. | Ryan (kyonexe) | 71.78 | 96% | 2015-09-16 |
18218. | Jamie (kaptonplanet) | 71.77 | 96% | 2022-08-07 |
18219. | Atiksh (atiksh) | 71.77 | 97.6% | 2024-01-01 |
18220. | . (wheelzaboo) | 71.77 | 96.4% | 2023-11-30 |
18221. | Veggie Fries (a6yearold) | 71.77 | 91% | 2016-04-20 |
18222. | Timothy (timothy5597) | 71.76 | 97% | 2023-01-06 |
18223. | nosrej (nosrej) | 71.76 | 95% | 2012-03-27 |
18224. | Sir (sirramic) | 71.76 | 95% | 2015-11-19 |
18225. | Focusing (focusing) | 71.76 | 95% | 2015-05-24 |
18226. | Jack (jarbadson) | 71.76 | 92% | 2016-10-05 |
18227. | Giancarlo (milkman007) | 71.76 | 96% | 2017-09-02 |
18228. | Pesosinos (pesosinos) | 71.75 | 95.7% | 2023-11-23 |
18229. | ItsH (tree_3) | 71.75 | 96.6% | 2023-12-07 |
18230. | krabbos (krabbos) | 71.75 | 96% | 2018-02-28 |
18231. | Tom (biggusimusdiccussimus) | 71.74 | 96% | 2021-12-31 |
18232. | Jaime44 (j44clrdn) | 71.74 | 97% | 2023-11-24 |
18233. | Slueben (poijn) | 71.74 | 94% | 2020-05-11 |
18234. | Marek (marekc256) | 71.74 | 97% | 2021-04-29 |
18235. | Masaki Asano (masaasa) | 71.74 | 96.7% | 2023-10-16 |
18236. | Eric (ericrobo) | 71.74 | 97% | 2019-07-19 |
18237. | Dim (jimmylei) | 71.74 | 97% | 2020-02-02 |
18238. | Bassim... Yawns... (jekuter) | 71.74 | 91% | 2011-10-25 |
18239. | Hinanawi (kanade0210) | 71.73 | 95% | 2022-05-22 |
18240. | ngelnjel (ngelnjel) | 71.73 | 97% | 2023-05-16 |
18241. | Adam (brownhulk) | 71.72 | 96% | 2021-01-06 |
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 |