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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13993. | Balisto (balisto) | 79.38 | 95% | 2013-12-01 |
13994. | jacob (jcbyang) | 79.37 | 93% | 2011-06-16 |
13995. | Pawel (pawelb87) | 79.37 | 99% | 2022-08-26 |
13996. | will (zootzootie) | 79.37 | 97.6% | 2021-02-27 |
13997. | Emily (em_hornet) | 79.37 | 98% | 2017-02-09 |
13998. | Udoneo (udoneo) | 79.37 | 97% | 2017-06-07 |
13999. | Mozammel (mozammel) | 79.37 | 97% | 2016-04-17 |
14000. | Amanmishra.official (amanmi... | 79.36 | 96% | 2023-07-03 |
14001. | Michael (tricky_01) | 79.36 | 98% | 2023-07-26 |
14002. | tstats[kalirocketdev] (kali... | 79.36 | 97.7% | 2023-11-20 |
14003. | (nikasaur) | 79.36 | 89% | 2012-01-11 |
14004. | Neil (crazazyasian1337) | 79.35 | — | 2010-12-22 |
14005. | Kasper (probablykasper) | 79.35 | 96% | 2024-04-14 |
14006. | Nathan (craizar) | 79.35 | 98% | 2018-02-24 |
14007. | Juraj (jurajkremser) | 79.35 | 98% | 2014-07-03 |
14008. | Sebastian (sebaci) | 79.35 | — | 2011-01-19 |
14009. | Michael (mastermew122) | 79.34 | 96% | 2024-04-20 |
14010. | T (t664) | 79.34 | 96% | 2024-03-27 |
14011. | Shawna (shawnanic856) | 79.34 | 97% | 2021-08-03 |
14012. | Vincent (filtertype) | 79.34 | 97% | 2021-12-17 |
14013. | Terra (mcterra) | 79.34 | 99% | 2022-01-10 |
14014. | Learning (beginnercolemak) | 79.34 | 91% | 2013-09-13 |
14015. | Skt (sktboi) | 79.33 | 93% | 2015-07-05 |
14016. | hinomy (hinomiya) | 79.33 | 96% | 2017-02-22 |
14017. | Nguyen Canh (ctna) | 79.33 | 98% | 2011-12-09 |
14018. | Clay (milk1018) | 79.32 | 97% | 2021-09-09 |
14019. | Rick (hanschenz) | 79.32 | 95% | 2012-09-28 |
14020. | Ganesh (ganesh2) | 79.32 | 97% | 2024-02-23 |
14021. | ObiWanKeyboardobi (obiwanke... | 79.32 | 97% | 2021-11-19 |
14022. | Ben (hhkbpro) | 79.32 | 94% | 2015-10-25 |
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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 |