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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28999. | Sondre (zyricuz) | 53.43 | 93% | 2012-09-29 |
29000. | AJ (aj_stefa) | 53.42 | 96% | 2022-02-25 |
29001. | Kritik (chaoseyy) | 53.42 | 93% | 2021-07-04 |
29002. | Don (stripesteel) | 53.42 | 92% | 2017-01-25 |
29003. | MOHSIN (mk9498001) | 53.42 | 90% | 2011-11-13 |
29004. | Lucia (latestlucia) | 53.41 | 97% | 2024-01-14 |
29005. | Guest (guest1782) | 53.41 | 87% | 2011-08-31 |
29006. | mehul (mehulmacwan) | 53.41 | 93% | 2014-07-22 |
29007. | Frederik Dahlbom (dahlbom) | 53.40 | 96% | 2024-03-05 |
29008. | Jack (putridllama) | 53.40 | 96% | 2021-01-13 |
29009. | Justin (reaper7592) | 53.40 | 97% | 2023-12-22 |
29010. | Panko (pankelele) | 53.40 | 94% | 2023-11-15 |
29011. | jin han (jx068) | 53.40 | 93% | 2021-05-08 |
29012. | Ejay (superproxy420) | 53.40 | 95.8% | 2021-02-01 |
29013. | spacerock (spacerock69) | 53.40 | 94% | 2021-02-24 |
29014. | Maganth (mahanthathreyee) | 53.40 | 94% | 2018-05-09 |
29015. | Luke (skyluke56) | 53.39 | 91% | 2015-06-05 |
29016. | Austin (sophonarope94) | 53.39 | 96.9% | 2023-12-05 |
29017. | Nungkha (nungkha) | 53.39 | 96% | 2021-12-13 |
29018. | Prabuddha (learning2type1414) | 53.38 | 97% | 2022-02-01 |
29019. | Charlie (thothcomplex) | 53.38 | 96% | 2017-06-18 |
29020. | no (cetuslapetus) | 53.37 | 97% | 2024-04-11 |
29021. | kafka (kafkatamura) | 53.37 | 95% | 2023-12-08 |
29022. | RoboAW (roboaw) | 53.37 | 96% | 2022-05-15 |
29023. | Oreo (lofi) | 53.37 | 95% | 2011-08-20 |
29024. | Mieszko Pasierbek (mieszek_00) | 53.36 | 96% | 2024-01-26 |
29025. | Ahmed (ahemd1982) | 53.36 | 96% | 2023-08-16 |
29026. | Yitoo (yitoo_a) | 53.36 | 96% | 2023-05-19 |
29027. | Amoon (_amoon19) | 53.36 | 98% | 2021-04-03 |
29028. | Nirmith (nirmith_akash) | 53.35 | 92% | 2023-05-07 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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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 |