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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6536. | Paolo (cheruphim) | 95.32 | 95% | 2011-12-22 |
6537. | Allan (allandallon) | 95.31 | 97.1% | 2021-02-23 |
6538. | Louis (meenepo) | 95.31 | 97% | 2023-08-08 |
6539. | Mitchell (unearth) | 95.30 | 96% | 2023-04-28 |
6540. | squish squash (joshthesquas... | 95.30 | 98% | 2023-09-12 |
6541. | A (kmos) | 95.30 | 97% | 2021-05-26 |
6542. | lol (jilledout) | 95.30 | 98% | 2013-03-11 |
6543. | Marko (markovojvodic84) | 95.30 | 98% | 2012-02-09 |
6544. | Gravity (gravityshark) | 95.29 | 99.3% | 2023-12-18 |
6545. | Dan (acamus) | 95.29 | 94% | 2014-02-17 |
6546. | เป็ดแดง (redd... | 95.29 | 99% | 2015-01-08 |
6547. | Sangow (sangow) | 95.29 | 96% | 2016-01-27 |
6548. | Sir Pickleton (cheeseafro) | 95.29 | 97% | 2014-08-04 |
6549. | Kenneth (kennybyte) | 95.28 | 98% | 2024-04-25 |
6550. | Ekkiri (ekkiri) | 95.28 | 96% | 2021-06-22 |
6551. | E (vtmsciguy) | 95.28 | — | 2010-11-11 |
6552. | Epoch (epochisepic) | 95.27 | 98% | 2022-03-22 |
6553. | PixelFog (pixelfog) | 95.27 | 98% | 2021-10-30 |
6554. | Alex (tenbird) | 95.27 | 98% | 2020-01-15 |
6555. | Felix (felfel92) | 95.27 | 97% | 2021-06-29 |
6556. | Steve (srd93) | 95.27 | 99% | 2014-04-04 |
6557. | Light (shadesoflight) | 95.27 | 99% | 2013-08-17 |
6558. | Marcel (zyphx) | 95.27 | 97% | 2013-12-16 |
6559. | Khanh (deny198) | 95.26 | 98% | 2020-05-01 |
6560. | Invictus (invictus69) | 95.26 | 98% | 2023-07-30 |
6561. | Stuji (stu_ji) | 95.26 | 97% | 2021-04-13 |
6562. | school (modernmarauder) | 95.26 | 98% | 2022-09-06 |
6563. | asepBoljug (mnien) | 95.25 | 97.2% | 2024-03-10 |
6564. | drifty (driftyrose) | 95.25 | 96% | 2018-02-24 |
6565. | Grant (typerguy119) | 95.25 | 95% | 2017-01-25 |
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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 |