I (excelsiate)

Race #1975

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Official speed 94.24 wpm (50.55 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start January 3, 2018 9:27:15pm UTC
Race Finish January 3, 2018 9:28:05pm UTC
Outcome Win (1 of 5)
Accuracy 99.0%
Points 111.52
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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.