Carter (carter6510)

Race #69

View Pit Stop page for race #69 by carter6510Ghost race

View profile for Carter (carter6510)

Official speed 50.15 wpm (94.99 seconds elapsed during race)
Race Start December 28, 2014 4:19:23am UTC
Race Finish December 28, 2014 4:20:58am UTC
Outcome No win (5 of 5)
Accuracy 95.0%
Points 0.00
Text #630 (Length: 397 characters)

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.