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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28103. | Hi Im Lloyd (hiimlloyd) | 54.95 | 88% | 2016-10-08 |
28104. | klong2 (klong2) | 54.95 | 92% | 2012-02-24 |
28105. | Cuong (thecuongtheieu) | 54.94 | 94% | 2019-11-29 |
28106. | ่jessada115 (jessada115) | 54.93 | 98% | 2024-03-25 |
28107. | Minh (formulasquid) | 54.93 | 96% | 2021-09-11 |
28108. | anima_to (whiteplasma) | 54.93 | 88% | 2014-05-25 |
28109. | Innocent (saquelain) | 54.93 | 94% | 2021-11-08 |
28110. | peyot (wanzmor) | 54.93 | 95% | 2014-04-11 |
28111. | Ali (faraasat) | 54.93 | 97% | 2011-09-30 |
28112. | sd (dqqhbgsn) | 54.92 | 98% | 2020-07-09 |
28113. | Aryan (alemantrix) | 54.92 | 95% | 2020-12-12 |
28114. | Casper (casper70) | 54.91 | 96% | 2023-12-09 |
28115. | Pira (p1ray) | 54.91 | 94.6% | 2024-03-31 |
28116. | john (telconf) | 54.91 | 92% | 2012-11-21 |
28117. | timothy (thovin) | 54.91 | 94% | 2015-10-07 |
28118. | Ivan (lavi04) | 54.91 | 91% | 2011-12-14 |
28119. | tyler (aimboter) | 54.90 | 93% | 2024-01-31 |
28120. | Axel (axei) | 54.90 | 94% | 2021-09-30 |
28121. | Levi (sniperkiller2) | 54.90 | 96% | 2021-04-03 |
28122. | Darrell (eyewitbass) | 54.89 | — | 2010-08-29 |
28123. | Anku (gurooatwork) | 54.89 | 95% | 2021-11-16 |
28124. | 🇲🇳 Mazaalai (goodgodk... | 54.89 | 95% | 2019-06-11 |
28125. | Jakub (von_oak) | 54.89 | 97% | 2019-08-08 |
28126. | Abhishek (abhishek_07) | 54.88 | 93% | 2022-04-04 |
28127. | applebottomjeez (applebotto... | 54.88 | 96% | 2024-01-30 |
28128. | Brandon (bkavanaugh6) | 54.88 | 96% | 2017-08-14 |
28129. | Leah (lilybethlily) | 54.88 | 90% | 2016-09-07 |
28130. | Gerardo (ggcv) | 54.88 | 95% | 2016-06-13 |
28131. | adase11@yahoo.com (adase) | 54.88 | 96% | 2012-09-08 |
28132. | dafiyoung (dafiyoung) | 54.87 | 97% | 2022-04-10 |
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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 |