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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16306. | anupam011 (anupam011) | 74.96 | 97.1% | 2023-12-26 |
16307. | justin (lookitsjustin) | 74.96 | 95% | 2019-09-28 |
16308. | Ryuzaki (ryuzakisan) | 74.95 | 95% | 2024-04-09 |
16309. | Kin MOXMGTSN (5tring) | 74.95 | 97% | 2022-05-01 |
16310. | ang (angelah) | 74.95 | 96.9% | 2021-02-15 |
16311. | Aman_Mishra (amanofficial109) | 74.94 | 97% | 2023-03-06 |
16312. | Neutral (neutral77) | 74.94 | 97% | 2024-01-13 |
16313. | Neil (neil298) | 74.94 | 97% | 2022-03-10 |
16314. | mooth (sooruva) | 74.94 | 95% | 2021-05-17 |
16315. | Austin (thisissugar) | 74.94 | 91% | 2012-08-30 |
16316. | Hussain (malik1122) | 74.94 | 95% | 2015-02-06 |
16317. | Marcey (pearlymarcey) | 74.94 | — | 2010-10-22 |
16318. | Eric (edluu) | 74.94 | 88% | 2012-12-06 |
16319. | Daniel (sirwatson) | 74.93 | 98% | 2021-01-11 |
16320. | LinKz (linkz) | 74.93 | 95% | 2015-05-22 |
16321. | Juilan (feenyjr) | 74.93 | 96% | 2017-12-16 |
16322. | Delurius (12xxneuxx12) | 74.92 | 97% | 2024-04-14 |
16323. | Rubin (rubintypes) | 74.92 | 97% | 2021-12-28 |
16324. | de_troit (de_troit) | 74.92 | 95% | 2012-10-26 |
16325. | Pryl (pryl) | 74.92 | 98% | 2021-09-28 |
16326. | KappaPride (frozen956) | 74.92 | 88% | 2015-12-18 |
16327. | e (vapingcamel) | 74.92 | 96% | 2020-06-29 |
16328. | Nor (nor9864) | 74.92 | 89% | 2016-12-11 |
16329. | Kalinksu (kalinksu) | 74.91 | 97% | 2024-04-25 |
16330. | Nature (nature) | 74.91 | — | 2010-06-25 |
16331. | Mark (emptyper) | 74.91 | 99% | 2017-07-24 |
16332. | John (cinnamonspic3) | 74.90 | 96% | 2022-08-22 |
16333. | Eakce (xchippy) | 74.90 | 96.3% | 2021-01-30 |
16334. | Steven (steveng) | 74.90 | 90% | 2011-09-10 |
16335. | Ancurio (ancurio) | 74.90 | 95% | 2013-07-21 |
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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 |