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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26066. | Nik (nikkad4) | 59.92 | 92% | 2014-05-13 |
26067. | D1ck F1ngers (d_wratten18) | 59.91 | 98% | 2021-09-13 |
26068. | M S (mohanad_shihab) | 59.91 | 97% | 2024-05-01 |
26069. | AESloth (scrin) | 59.91 | 88% | 2016-07-29 |
26070. | Lam (lamnv) | 59.91 | 96% | 2023-08-27 |
26071. | Sherry (sherru) | 59.91 | 90% | 2015-01-29 |
26072. | Evan (evantwo) | 59.91 | 94% | 2022-03-09 |
26073. | novantix (novantix) | 59.91 | 94% | 2017-03-18 |
26074. | lucyj18 (ljoan18) | 59.90 | 98% | 2024-04-25 |
26075. | BIG MAN JENKINS (bigdaddyqtip) | 59.90 | 93% | 2023-12-05 |
26076. | Sen (drxxmn) | 59.90 | 94% | 2020-08-17 |
26077. | Oskar (oscov) | 59.90 | 95% | 2019-03-28 |
26078. | Smudge (cuteboi) | 59.90 | 95% | 2021-01-04 |
26079. | Francis (anchit30) | 59.90 | 96% | 2019-06-27 |
26080. | needforSPEED! (hereforspeed) | 59.90 | 94% | 2016-11-15 |
26081. | siva (dileep74) | 59.90 | 93% | 2012-07-22 |
26082. | Krystian (toofatforthat) | 59.89 | 96% | 2024-03-19 |
26083. | hiantor (hiantor) | 59.89 | 98% | 2024-01-10 |
26084. | poop (dompozo) | 59.89 | 95% | 2024-02-28 |
26085. | No curry (no_curry) | 59.89 | 95% | 2021-02-08 |
26086. | Mella (mella1) | 59.89 | 93% | 2016-04-17 |
26087. | Dylan (dielan) | 59.89 | 91% | 2015-08-07 |
26088. | ammar (ammaryasser92) | 59.89 | 98% | 2019-12-08 |
26089. | Langsam (allez) | 59.89 | 92% | 2016-07-25 |
26090. | daikonsama (daikonsama) | 59.88 | 96% | 2023-01-18 |
26091. | Dan Jayson (danjayson) | 59.88 | 95% | 2017-03-23 |
26092. | Ignas (s3i4) | 59.88 | 95% | 2017-06-04 |
26093. | Flaming (flamingfalcon) | 59.87 | 95% | 2023-04-24 |
26094. | Schadenfreude (mr_schadenfr... | 59.87 | 96% | 2024-05-19 |
26095. | Sir RB (rblogan3) | 59.87 | 97.2% | 2023-12-21 |
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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 |