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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1333. | Tom (thinkle) | 120.89 | 100% | 2018-09-06 |
1334. | Ryan (fantazm) | 120.89 | 97% | 2017-03-22 |
1335. | Mike (archmealfiller) | 120.89 | 95% | 2012-02-29 |
1336. | Josh (theboss90) | 120.88 | 97% | 2016-01-18 |
1337. | Teemu (tsarpf) | 120.87 | 95% | 2013-08-13 |
1338. | Tuukka (sblankg) | 120.86 | 97.9% | 2024-01-13 |
1339. | Brandon (shujiru) | 120.85 | 96% | 2011-09-08 |
1340. | Bruce Wayne's (batmobile2k) | 120.84 | 95% | 2015-03-06 |
1341. | Krg (username_example125259) | 120.83 | 98% | 2022-08-04 |
1342. | Danyal (biggerboom) | 120.82 | — | 2011-01-24 |
1343. | Chagil (chagil) | 120.81 | 99% | 2022-03-01 |
1344. | Alex (sodah) | 120.81 | 90% | 2012-12-17 |
1345. | narays01 (narays01) | 120.81 | 98% | 2011-10-31 |
1346. | Steven (koda5) | 120.79 | 95% | 2013-06-04 |
1347. | A (arolakiv) | 120.78 | 98% | 2018-07-15 |
1348. | cleve. (haipong) | 120.77 | 97% | 2021-10-18 |
1349. | Tony (kevinneeraj) | 120.76 | 97% | 2018-09-24 |
1350. | Was just (rsn_007) | 120.76 | 94% | 2016-01-27 |
1351. | Davd (whatdfc) | 120.74 | 91% | 2012-09-02 |
1352. | =) (fofusak) | 120.73 | 99% | 2015-08-21 |
1353. | Ben (benjabong7) | 120.71 | — | 2010-10-08 |
1354. | Conor (ulcha2) | 120.70 | 98.6% | 2023-10-31 |
1355. | andy (choboguy) | 120.70 | — | 2010-12-21 |
1356. | Amarjot (apandher) | 120.69 | 98% | 2021-11-13 |
1357. | Conar (conarbenete) | 120.67 | 97% | 2023-04-28 |
1358. | Temos (captainteemo) | 120.67 | 98% | 2021-12-12 |
1359. | PAPA (papabr) | 120.66 | 96% | 2011-08-14 |
1360. | marvin (magnimarve) | 120.64 | 99% | 2018-02-27 |
1361. | not (hayso) | 120.63 | 100% | 2017-07-26 |
1362. | Tam (tturner1960) | 120.63 | 100% | 2015-10-02 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
---|---|---|---|
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 |