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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30588. | abid (abid_shah5771@yahoo.com) | 43.16 | 83% | 2015-10-08 |
30589. | sileshi (sile1000) | 43.14 | 94% | 2023-12-06 |
30590. | Yvonne (yperrett) | 43.14 | — | 2011-02-05 |
30591. | IISJ (smoothmofo) | 43.14 | 93% | 2015-07-12 |
30592. | Alfie (alfie_op) | 43.12 | 93% | 2021-05-15 |
30593. | Saurab Kairi (saurabkairi) | 43.11 | 94% | 2024-01-23 |
30594. | mehdi (midi_1069) | 43.07 | 90% | 2013-11-07 |
30595. | atul (jsrvh) | 43.06 | 89% | 2015-06-07 |
30596. | gyarmy (gyarmy) | 43.04 | 95% | 2022-07-08 |
30597. | halaman (halaman887) | 43.01 | 92% | 2024-01-20 |
30598. | Peter (petertypist) | 43.01 | 93% | 2014-05-21 |
30599. | Tarun (tarun98601) | 43.01 | 95% | 2020-09-23 |
30600. | nirav (niravkaka) | 43.00 | 94.5% | 2023-12-29 |
30601. | Jinsen (jinsen_mamanokawa) | 42.99 | 90% | 2011-12-20 |
30602. | 3li (asznee1999) | 42.97 | 91% | 2021-05-09 |
30603. | Villads (vilmk) | 42.96 | 95% | 2024-04-29 |
30604. | youngwook (toodamncool) | 42.95 | 94% | 2019-03-27 |
30605. | Oskar (postmanpott) | 42.94 | 93% | 2021-04-04 |
30606. | Mihiro (mihiro) | 42.90 | — | 2010-08-26 |
30607. | lokesh (lokesh3) | 42.90 | 96% | 2013-11-02 |
30608. | baz (bazyl) | 42.89 | 95% | 2013-02-27 |
30609. | wubbut (linku) | 42.88 | 96% | 2022-02-27 |
30610. | Nat (ryerye2010) | 42.87 | 89% | 2011-06-11 |
30611. | Dante (dantex) | 42.86 | 91% | 2016-11-02 |
30612. | aila:) (ayla_jan02@yahoo.com) | 42.84 | — | 2010-12-10 |
30613. | praba (prabukick) | 42.83 | 92% | 2015-07-31 |
30614. | timothy (tim3452) | 42.82 | 94% | 2012-01-10 |
30615. | Tim (tim88) | 42.82 | 96% | 2021-09-08 |
30616. | Louis (l_ferreira) | 42.81 | — | 2010-10-13 |
30617. | BigDaddyJohnson42069 (hillca5) | 42.80 | 95.6% | 2023-12-05 |
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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 |