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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28471. | Jesse (imtrashlemmesmash) | 55.21 | 97% | 2024-05-07 |
28472. | Gabriel (rosu22gabriel) | 55.21 | 94.8% | 2024-01-07 |
28473. | Arunkumar (arunkumar49) | 55.21 | 94% | 2021-06-30 |
28474. | Daniel (daniboi528) | 55.21 | — | 2010-08-14 |
28475. | Mohit (s7rgglr) | 55.20 | 96% | 2023-04-09 |
28476. | Cassie (cassiiethereal) | 55.20 | 94% | 2023-11-19 |
28477. | Suraj Gurung (samiraz) | 55.20 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
28478. | Garrett (joejoefriez) | 55.20 | 93% | 2018-04-03 |
28479. | rk (east4564) | 55.20 | 94% | 2014-12-17 |
28480. | Brett (kaaji03) | 55.19 | 96% | 2024-02-24 |
28481. | Teddy (rampagingteddy) | 55.19 | 97% | 2022-09-02 |
28482. | Almaz (almazzz1) | 55.19 | 96% | 2021-10-27 |
28483. | Aqib (mohdaqibriaz) | 55.19 | 97% | 2014-06-02 |
28484. | manoj (jatinswami) | 55.19 | 95% | 2014-05-31 |
28485. | 🥤☕Topre☕🥤 (granol... | 55.19 | 86% | 2015-01-03 |
28486. | 4thewin (4thewin) | 55.19 | 94% | 2014-09-15 |
28487. | عفاف (afafemad187) | 55.18 | 97% | 2023-09-29 |
28488. | Tazeem (tazeem) | 55.18 | 93% | 2016-06-09 |
28489. | Loafie (loafie) | 55.18 | 94% | 2015-07-04 |
28490. | Agnes (lem123) | 55.18 | 99% | 2019-10-02 |
28491. | Linn (merlinn) | 55.17 | 96% | 2024-04-16 |
28492. | Joey (donkeysyrup21) | 55.17 | 96% | 2024-01-27 |
28493. | Mohammad (mohammadimami) | 55.17 | 95% | 2023-07-08 |
28494. | Duyvl (binj) | 55.16 | 93% | 2013-06-11 |
28495. | Matt (matthewsfanclub) | 55.16 | 89% | 2017-02-13 |
28496. | monthan (monthan) | 55.15 | 93.8% | 2024-04-12 |
28497. | Andrej (keydura) | 55.15 | 95% | 2013-03-22 |
28498. | Mithun (mithunchandra) | 55.15 | 97% | 2020-08-05 |
28499. | Suzanne (sedorman) | 55.15 | 91% | 2013-01-17 |
28500. | Tomáš (tomashavlasek) | 55.14 | 96% | 2024-05-21 |
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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 |