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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6441. | Epoch (epochisepic) | 95.27 | 98% | 2022-03-22 |
6442. | PixelFog (pixelfog) | 95.27 | 98% | 2021-10-30 |
6443. | Alex (tenbird) | 95.27 | 98% | 2020-01-15 |
6444. | Felix (felfel92) | 95.27 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
6445. | Steve (srd93) | 95.27 | 99% | 2014-04-04 |
6446. | Light (shadesoflight) | 95.27 | 99% | 2013-08-17 |
6447. | Marcel (zyphx) | 95.27 | 97% | 2013-12-16 |
6448. | Khanh (deny198) | 95.26 | 98% | 2020-05-01 |
6449. | Invictus (invictus69) | 95.26 | 98% | 2023-07-30 |
6450. | Stuji (stu_ji) | 95.26 | 97% | 2021-04-13 |
6451. | school (modernmarauder) | 95.26 | 98% | 2022-09-06 |
6452. | asdf (mnien) | 95.25 | 97% | 2024-03-10 |
6453. | drifty (driftyrose) | 95.25 | 96% | 2018-02-24 |
6454. | arigrate (mercury80) | 95.25 | 97% | 2018-05-10 |
6455. | Grant (typerguy119) | 95.25 | 95% | 2017-01-25 |
6456. | tsdliez (tsdliez) | 95.25 | 90% | 2012-02-08 |
6457. | Quintino (quintino123) | 95.24 | 99% | 2020-12-20 |
6458. | Raph (raph_) | 95.24 | 99% | 2023-01-22 |
6459. | Sicoz (skyarc12) | 95.24 | 96% | 2019-01-16 |
6460. | Vytautas (brain5ide) | 95.24 | 98% | 2016-04-08 |
6461. | Chris (hofferick) | 95.23 | 97% | 2022-02-18 |
6462. | Michael (dumpling_factory) | 95.23 | 99% | 2022-04-16 |
6463. | acdunn10 (acdunn10) | 95.23 | 99% | 2022-10-21 |
6464. | OsuShallah (rstubtsc) | 95.23 | 97% | 2021-02-22 |
6465. | Pedraam (pedraam) | 95.23 | 97% | 2017-03-18 |
6466. | Jeemin (jeemini) | 95.22 | 98% | 2021-12-15 |
6467. | David (davidp298) | 95.22 | 98% | 2021-01-07 |
6468. | Elizabeth (shiiteeyes) | 95.22 | 98% | 2016-03-03 |
6469. | Destiny (luv2research) | 95.22 | 94% | 2015-01-30 |
6470. | Dexter (lmarc0) | 95.22 | 96% | 2014-06-11 |
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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 |
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Smoke Rise Prep | 0 | 0.00 | January 1, 1970 |