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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20147. | Biggus (biggboii18) | 69.31 | 94.5% | 2021-02-09 |
20148. | Mike12 (mike1295) | 69.31 | 96% | 2013-12-25 |
20149. | Jun Jie (seejunjie) | 69.30 | 94% | 2024-02-07 |
20150. | DrViosen (dr_viosen) | 69.30 | 96% | 2024-01-01 |
20151. | Cody (12chip6) | 69.30 | 97% | 2017-06-26 |
20152. | Yeraen (yeraen) | 69.30 | 96% | 2016-11-01 |
20153. | Dindono (dindono) | 69.30 | 94% | 2017-04-11 |
20154. | Marek (maruszyn) | 69.30 | 91% | 2016-01-13 |
20155. | Bob (sammysam) | 69.30 | — | 2010-07-07 |
20156. | Thomas (tomvaiou) | 69.30 | 96% | 2013-04-26 |
20157. | sam the illusionist (samthe... | 69.30 | 97% | 2015-05-28 |
20158. | True (truefalse) | 69.29 | 94% | 2023-12-29 |
20159. | Horique (horique) | 69.29 | 96% | 2021-05-28 |
20160. | Jasper (ivorymash) | 69.29 | 95% | 2020-08-16 |
20161. | IcanhazGin (icanhazgin) | 69.29 | 100% | 2016-02-13 |
20162. | Remi (remilord) | 69.29 | 94% | 2012-08-11 |
20163. | Chris (chalcrow) | 69.28 | 93% | 2015-07-07 |
20164. | riptide (riptide124) | 69.28 | 94% | 2023-05-15 |
20165. | 5uperb0y (5uperb0y) | 69.28 | 98.3% | 2023-11-30 |
20166. | Rtyp (rktypes) | 69.28 | 96% | 2021-01-10 |
20167. | Aidan (bell_aidan) | 69.28 | 97% | 2021-09-11 |
20168. | Weicong (ithaos) | 69.28 | 93% | 2011-06-16 |
20169. | Görbi (gorbimonken) | 69.28 | 93% | 2016-12-07 |
20170. | Miles (zanarkand) | 69.28 | 95% | 2015-05-24 |
20171. | Bhans (bhans1) | 69.27 | 93% | 2011-08-17 |
20172. | Michael (michaelontyperacer) | 69.27 | 96% | 2024-05-12 |
20173. | Cheng Loke (lordwiz) | 69.27 | 95% | 2020-09-10 |
20174. | Chris (rykthos) | 69.27 | 95% | 2020-06-18 |
20175. | coolerthancats (coolerthanc... | 69.27 | 97% | 2018-04-24 |
20176. | Jack (randomdize) | 69.27 | 97% | 2018-02-02 |
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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 |