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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27559. | mayur (mayur1236) | 56.65 | 92% | 2014-12-16 |
27560. | Souvik (rascalam) | 56.64 | 95% | 2021-08-26 |
27561. | Damon (damon1864) | 56.64 | 95.6% | 2021-03-01 |
27562. | Guest (nherbe_3) | 56.64 | 97% | 2021-07-08 |
27563. | jaysen (jaysentang91) | 56.64 | 94% | 2017-05-29 |
27564. | zhangfish (zhangfish) | 56.63 | 95% | 2023-08-10 |
27565. | 7783937005 (skullandme) | 56.63 | 98% | 2023-05-16 |
27566. | Rachel (rachelcho) | 56.63 | 93% | 2011-10-08 |
27567. | rokka_22_ (rokk_22_) | 56.62 | 95% | 2024-03-31 |
27568. | cigro (cigro) | 56.62 | 96% | 2015-05-16 |
27569. | Lokendra (lokendracer) | 56.62 | 97% | 2023-05-28 |
27570. | kashish (kashishnegi) | 56.62 | 94% | 2023-09-23 |
27571. | echobat88 (echobat88) | 56.62 | 98% | 2021-07-09 |
27572. | Bataa (bataa_cdj) | 56.62 | 94% | 2016-11-17 |
27573. | Brett (bboc2003) | 56.61 | 95% | 2019-08-29 |
27574. | CopperTuna (coppertuna) | 56.61 | 96.4% | 2023-11-10 |
27575. | Ben (bbennn) | 56.60 | 97% | 2023-12-04 |
27576. | Daniel (danielpaanderson) | 56.60 | 95% | 2021-05-18 |
27577. | Jimmy (hapahunta) | 56.60 | 94% | 2019-11-20 |
27578. | Bra Steve (bra_steve) | 56.60 | 96% | 2020-11-24 |
27579. | Nguyen (nguyenkj) | 56.60 | 97% | 2011-08-15 |
27580. | satyam (satyamhnk) | 56.60 | 90% | 2014-02-24 |
27581. | evelyn (evelyn__g) | 56.59 | 97% | 2024-01-26 |
27582. | Matthew (matthewbird) | 56.59 | 94% | 2018-11-13 |
27583. | Juliet (juliet666589) | 56.59 | 96% | 2017-03-09 |
27584. | Angelo (angelo_reyes) | 56.58 | 94% | 2024-01-04 |
27585. | Jordyn :) (makkenji) | 56.58 | 96% | 2023-11-28 |
27586. | Yuri (ceaseless_melon) | 56.58 | 97% | 2020-11-04 |
27587. | Shakeel (shakeelhadir) | 56.58 | 92% | 2015-07-11 |
27588. | Benjamin Dover (12isoldenough) | 56.57 | 95% | 2024-04-11 |
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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 |