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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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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16951. | Kelc (hoxfrey909) | 74.33 | 97% | 2024-03-18 |
16952. | snelens (lexylexington) | 74.33 | 96% | 2020-06-23 |
16953. | Chris (chrisjordan23) | 74.32 | 96.5% | 2024-01-16 |
16954. | Kevin (kevinlei324) | 74.32 | 93% | 2013-11-22 |
16955. | A (pinebug) | 74.32 | 99% | 2021-05-07 |
16956. | Eskil (eskizzle) | 74.32 | 94% | 2014-05-12 |
16957. | duonghoang05@gmail.com (duo... | 74.32 | 97% | 2015-01-16 |
16958. | Gas on the pass with a side... | 74.31 | 96% | 2024-04-30 |
16959. | 南どか (augustus_dvk) | 74.31 | 96% | 2023-02-27 |
16960. | Fryyed (fryyedup) | 74.31 | 96.9% | 2023-12-19 |
16961. | Martin (telery_95) | 74.31 | 96% | 2021-12-06 |
16962. | Ranch (ranchie) | 74.31 | 96% | 2021-12-15 |
16963. | Mo (mrmo) | 74.31 | 93% | 2021-10-26 |
16964. | Ben (thefatman) | 74.31 | 97% | 2012-06-11 |
16965. | Reuben (phyterjet) | 74.31 | 95% | 2016-10-24 |
16966. | Guest (nextelement) | 74.31 | 94% | 2015-05-24 |
16967. | Nikola (shporet) | 74.30 | 98% | 2019-04-20 |
16968. | yecin (yannitata) | 74.30 | 97.2% | 2023-11-23 |
16969. | r4ghuveer (r4ghuveer) | 74.30 | 97.2% | 2023-12-21 |
16970. | Elia (elia222) | 74.30 | 96% | 2024-04-13 |
16971. | Dev (devgupta55) | 74.30 | 96% | 2022-06-13 |
16972. | Nyiela (ncs1020) | 74.30 | 95% | 2022-11-06 |
16973. | ZJHKKB (noobdog102) | 74.30 | 97% | 2023-05-20 |
16974. | demon (adidas123) | 74.29 | 98% | 2024-01-04 |
16975. | Tony (tonzyyy) | 74.29 | 95% | 2023-12-01 |
16976. | Mordraug (mordraug) | 74.29 | 96% | 2018-07-15 |
16977. | tstats[hibernatin_panda] (h... | 74.29 | 97% | 2024-01-03 |
16978. | flexr (flexr) | 74.29 | 97% | 2023-07-10 |
16979. | Kevin (kev090997) | 74.29 | 97.9% | 2023-11-22 |
16980. | Kiang (dodadoa) | 74.29 | 97% | 2017-06-13 |
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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 |