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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17437. | matheus (matheus_manchester) | 73.18 | — | 2010-06-23 |
17438. | SuckIT (siddhant.alok@gmail... | 73.18 | 94% | 2011-09-07 |
17439. | Jose (joseandreasjr11) | 73.18 | 96% | 2021-12-29 |
17440. | Beasktekk (beastek) | 73.17 | 97% | 2024-03-31 |
17441. | syn (syntypes) | 73.17 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
17442. | Ross (m0nday) | 73.17 | 95% | 2018-08-31 |
17443. | Y (taoyichen) | 73.17 | 98% | 2024-04-15 |
17444. | mr.purpose24 (hacker51) | 73.17 | 96% | 2022-02-20 |
17445. | Turi (haditoori) | 73.17 | 98% | 2024-03-13 |
17446. | janer (jcamann) | 73.17 | 92% | 2012-02-20 |
17447. | Esketitutu (esketitutu) | 73.16 | 95.7% | 2023-11-15 |
17448. | Andy (andy1692) | 73.16 | 90% | 2013-08-31 |
17449. | DANIEL (dizo) | 73.16 | 95% | 2016-11-28 |
17450. | Phil (moonchild58) | 73.15 | 97% | 2023-03-21 |
17451. | Hiu Pang (12333211) | 73.15 | 99% | 2011-06-03 |
17452. | pew (pewdekz) | 73.15 | 93% | 2016-09-04 |
17453. | MasuPulau (comeonbroyoucand... | 73.14 | 96.6% | 2023-11-23 |
17454. | Lê Kim Hoàng Trung (hoang... | 73.14 | 95% | 2022-09-19 |
17455. | kunal (kunalmachra) | 73.14 | 98% | 2021-08-17 |
17456. | Leone (leroar) | 73.14 | 98% | 2021-12-24 |
17457. | Alex (aleksandr797) | 73.14 | 99% | 2022-04-04 |
17458. | ap3rson (ap3rson) | 73.14 | 95% | 2013-03-13 |
17459. | arxbombus (arxbombus) | 73.14 | 91% | 2015-08-18 |
17460. | Jared (thepsychickiller) | 73.14 | 94% | 2012-09-18 |
17461. | Aubrey (thebeatles1) | 73.14 | 92% | 2012-04-29 |
17462. | P (kwerta) | 73.13 | 97% | 2021-11-15 |
17463. | Shoaib Sajid (shoaibsajid) | 73.13 | 98% | 2018-04-09 |
17464. | jercarl (jercarl) | 73.12 | 94% | 2024-02-18 |
17465. | Multilobe (archer12) | 73.12 | 94.3% | 2023-11-12 |
17466. | SpeedCubeMan (speedcubeman) | 73.12 | 97% | 2023-07-03 |
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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 |