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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18349. | onlinetichoi (onlinetichoi) | 71.84 | 94% | 2013-10-13 |
18350. | Adham (adhamfn) | 71.83 | 98% | 2024-02-22 |
18351. | Dan (yugurtz) | 71.83 | 95% | 2021-05-06 |
18352. | The Stig (the_veldt) | 71.83 | 95% | 2016-04-20 |
18353. | Matt (digisax) | 71.83 | 97% | 2017-06-23 |
18354. | Walker (arunsreyas) | 71.83 | 93% | 2015-10-27 |
18355. | shez (shezcode) | 71.82 | 97% | 2023-08-22 |
18356. | Tajwar (dxadcircuit) | 71.82 | 97% | 2021-08-07 |
18357. | Siddharth (sid.shandilya@gm... | 71.82 | — | 2011-04-21 |
18358. | email (emailgmail) | 71.82 | 96% | 2019-06-12 |
18359. | duhber (duhber) | 71.82 | 94% | 2016-02-21 |
18360. | Jared (infamousjj) | 71.81 | 94% | 2017-10-04 |
18361. | Michael (michaeleekk) | 71.81 | 97% | 2011-09-22 |
18362. | Amy (miss_a) | 71.81 | — | 2010-07-29 |
18363. | Phillip (littlebigphil) | 71.81 | 93% | 2016-02-10 |
18364. | Alejandro (appleonama1) | 71.81 | 97% | 2016-05-09 |
18365. | Leo Saiu-Bell (leoasb) | 71.80 | 95.2% | 2023-12-01 |
18366. | neno (nenobid428) | 71.80 | 99% | 2021-09-20 |
18367. | Sreekar (sreekarsr) | 71.80 | 95.6% | 2023-11-25 |
18368. | ballz (ballzbazz) | 71.80 | 98% | 2022-12-01 |
18369. | Oliver (ollciso) | 71.80 | 93% | 2016-04-01 |
18370. | sunil (udpsunil) | 71.80 | — | 2011-02-22 |
18371. | Erik (lither) | 71.80 | — | 2011-02-17 |
18372. | smn (fnacke) | 71.80 | 98% | 2013-04-14 |
18373. | Yoci (yociee) | 71.80 | 93% | 2017-03-25 |
18374. | Artur (artixalke) | 71.80 | 95% | 2017-12-23 |
18375. | Debdip Das (dipto_debdip) | 71.79 | 94.6% | 2023-12-08 |
18376. | I ♥ MODI (pukle) | 71.79 | 97% | 2018-07-10 |
18377. | justin (justinjustbeatyou1) | 71.79 | 93% | 2011-05-11 |
18378. | YamaguchiCatSpring (burgers... | 71.78 | 96.8% | 2023-12-21 |
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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 |