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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24346. | Bruuut (bruut) | 62.86 | 97% | 2021-09-05 |
24347. | John (magicbeans) | 62.86 | 93% | 2019-03-13 |
24348. | thanh ha (hatienthanh) | 62.86 | 95% | 2024-01-01 |
24349. | Anurag (anuraganand) | 62.86 | 94% | 2016-08-04 |
24350. | Timothée (shafounet) | 62.86 | 91% | 2013-09-15 |
24351. | Josh (josh19931013) | 62.86 | 98% | 2014-02-04 |
24352. | KuanYu Tan (kuantan) | 62.85 | 95% | 2022-06-24 |
24353. | smichael (smichaelino) | 62.85 | 95.2% | 2023-11-13 |
24354. | Juco (waco) | 62.85 | 96% | 2013-06-18 |
24355. | morpeth (morpeth) | 62.85 | 91% | 2013-05-21 |
24356. | jayson (jaysonkidd32) | 62.85 | — | 2010-07-20 |
24357. | i eat paper (julianlikespigs) | 62.84 | 95% | 2018-12-26 |
24358. | Joshua (servantra44) | 62.84 | 99% | 2023-05-26 |
24359. | Ilias (iliasanastasiadis) | 62.84 | 91% | 2016-09-28 |
24360. | orca_stelov (howdy) | 62.84 | 94% | 2011-12-02 |
24361. | Henry (hgeter) | 62.84 | 95% | 2014-01-29 |
24362. | Issac (issacj) | 62.83 | 96% | 2024-03-13 |
24363. | ubaldo (ubakun) | 62.83 | 95% | 2013-03-27 |
24364. | Matteo (atteo1000) | 62.83 | 94% | 2023-02-23 |
24365. | Matt (shorts8617) | 62.83 | 95% | 2011-08-26 |
24366. | Graham (ghartigan) | 62.83 | 95% | 2014-10-07 |
24367. | Florance (florance888) | 62.82 | 96% | 2024-03-31 |
24368. | Nomitox (nomitox) | 62.82 | 95.7% | 2024-04-09 |
24369. | Lowel Sajol (lowelsajol) | 62.82 | 95% | 2021-06-05 |
24370. | Gregor (supreme_typer1) | 62.82 | 96.3% | 2021-02-21 |
24371. | atabay (atabayr) | 62.81 | 96% | 2023-12-31 |
24372. | Lưu Ngọc (ltv_ngocphuoc) | 62.81 | — | 2010-10-13 |
24373. | chia sheng (sulaispig) | 62.81 | 94% | 2014-05-24 |
24374. | NetMelc (netmelc) | 62.81 | 95% | 2019-11-27 |
24375. | Brady Flowers (tombradyfr) | 62.80 | 95% | 2024-01-28 |
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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 |