Bruce (typingmonkeys)

Race #15

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Official speed 109.34 wpm (43.57 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 7, 2015 11:14:33pm UTC
Race Finish January 7, 2015 11:15:17pm UTC
Outcome No win (1 of 1)
Accuracy 90.0%
Points 0.00
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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.