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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7005. | godspeed (xgodspeed) | 93.95 | 96% | 2024-03-07 |
7006. | bruh_momentum (travis358) | 93.95 | 98% | 2019-12-07 |
7007. | burppppp (gotburptodo) | 93.95 | 97% | 2019-01-24 |
7008. | Sma (smashin) | 93.95 | 95% | 2014-05-05 |
7009. | Andrew (aturner2409) | 93.94 | 98% | 2019-03-09 |
7010. | Sven (svann) | 93.94 | 95% | 2017-03-09 |
7011. | Katilin (type_casting) | 93.93 | 98% | 2020-04-29 |
7012. | tactile (tactile) | 93.93 | 97.1% | 2023-12-08 |
7013. | lazypenguin (lhp12) | 93.93 | 98.4% | 2023-12-09 |
7014. | Emmy (emilyelaine) | 93.93 | 99% | 2021-11-10 |
7015. | Douglas (ossmando) | 93.93 | 94% | 2014-03-18 |
7016. | SpeedyCaret^ (wtl_jp) | 93.93 | 95% | 2015-03-04 |
7017. | xoi (roithekoil) | 93.92 | 98% | 2021-06-12 |
7018. | Cerb (cerberus17) | 93.92 | 97.1% | 2023-12-29 |
7019. | america's deadliest god (he... | 93.92 | 91% | 2016-11-13 |
7020. | Brad (brad0824) | 93.92 | 93% | 2011-05-06 |
7021. | Dust (rathard) | 93.91 | 95.9% | 2024-03-19 |
7022. | Kooch (kochy) | 93.90 | 97% | 2020-11-15 |
7023. | asdf (abcdefghijklmnopqrstu... | 93.90 | 95% | 2014-09-05 |
7024. | ahmir (ahmir123) | 93.90 | 97% | 2018-05-11 |
7025. | Hyzin (hyzin) | 93.89 | 97% | 2023-12-05 |
7026. | Oi (ebradford) | 93.89 | 97% | 2018-01-26 |
7027. | Gabriel (ipestrike) | 93.89 | 97% | 2019-10-02 |
7028. | JDizzle (serinus) | 93.89 | 96% | 2014-12-20 |
7029. | what's drippin (coldie) | 93.88 | 95% | 2015-08-22 |
7030. | Miles (eightmiles27) | 93.88 | 98% | 2022-12-18 |
7031. | imagodsobeit (imagodsobeit_yt) | 93.88 | 96% | 2022-09-07 |
7032. | jenna (jennnnna) | 93.88 | 97% | 2017-09-22 |
7033. | th (thanasis2002) | 93.88 | 98% | 2015-09-02 |
7034. | Tony (thechickenbros) | 93.87 | 98% | 2019-09-12 |
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 |