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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13871. | Pepe (pepengcute@gmail.com) | 79.68 | 94% | 2015-05-19 |
13872. | cherry (cherryleung) | 79.68 | 96% | 2015-03-08 |
13873. | Simon (simden12) | 79.67 | 98% | 2024-03-30 |
13874. | Jenette (jenetttte) | 79.67 | 97.1% | 2021-01-28 |
13875. | sonderr (battery_sr) | 79.67 | 95% | 2019-11-14 |
13876. | James (jgray56) | 79.67 | 96% | 2018-09-19 |
13877. | Michael (mcassedy) | 79.67 | 92% | 2017-04-22 |
13878. | Jimmyâ™” (wujt) | 79.67 | 95% | 2014-06-19 |
13879. | Sohrab (ss_sohrab) | 79.67 | 95% | 2013-11-24 |
13880. | ronald (roclus) | 79.67 | — | 2010-09-29 |
13881. | Thomas (cephalopode) | 79.67 | 97% | 2014-02-15 |
13882. | txbklyn (txbklyn) | 79.66 | 98% | 2019-03-19 |
13883. | idk (tooezzz) | 79.66 | 98% | 2022-07-15 |
13884. | Paxton (pswongaa) | 79.66 | 98.3% | 2023-11-16 |
13885. | rime (zeliboid8) | 79.66 | 94% | 2013-05-19 |
13886. | singhvaibhav100@gmail.com (... | 79.66 | 98% | 2014-08-03 |
13887. | kt (ktwizfan) | 79.65 | 88% | 2017-02-08 |
13888. | ega (egareyh) | 79.65 | 97% | 2023-06-22 |
13889. | Kotaro (kotaro_qwerty) | 79.65 | 97% | 2022-01-31 |
13890. | nyet (slickman) | 79.65 | 96% | 2022-05-01 |
13891. | Duckytype-8 (dummy_2) | 79.65 | 97% | 2021-03-26 |
13892. | . (offoff) | 79.65 | 91% | 2014-01-27 |
13893. | Vincent (vminjares) | 79.65 | 95% | 2012-03-25 |
13894. | sunny (sunxuz) | 79.65 | — | 2010-12-15 |
13895. | Mark (markxing) | 79.65 | 91% | 2011-06-23 |
13896. | Siddhartha (gravito12345) | 79.64 | 94.6% | 2023-12-08 |
13897. | Bob (bobvance69) | 79.63 | 96% | 2024-02-09 |
13898. | Abhi (notthebeees1) | 79.63 | 96% | 2022-10-02 |
13899. | sharp (quotextx) | 79.63 | 98% | 2020-08-15 |
13900. | Hjalte (hjaltebuch) | 79.63 | 95% | 2020-12-20 |
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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 |