Duke121 (duke121)

Race #1170

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Official speed 58.82 wpm (80.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start March 4, 2019 12:24:35am UTC
Race Finish March 4, 2019 12:25:56am UTC
Outcome No win (3 of 4)
Accuracy 96.0%
Points 69.61
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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.