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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27611. | Rajon (rajon_) | 55.41 | 97% | 2023-11-19 |
27612. | Typooker_ (typooking) | 55.41 | 95% | 2023-11-22 |
27613. | chetan (rockspeed) | 55.41 | 90% | 2013-11-19 |
27614. | ritesh (ritesht120) | 55.41 | 94% | 2012-01-24 |
27615. | Dmitriy (deemiler) | 55.41 | 91% | 2011-09-04 |
27616. | brandon (drunbin) | 55.40 | 95% | 2020-05-07 |
27617. | sHrimpppp (shrimpppp) | 55.40 | 97% | 2024-01-08 |
27618. | sat (sat128) | 55.40 | 96.6% | 2023-12-03 |
27619. | Chapri 👛👛 (sunilswain) | 55.40 | 95% | 2021-09-06 |
27620. | zhang (zhangjvv) | 55.40 | 91% | 2016-09-11 |
27621. | Anshuman (anshu_8) | 55.39 | 96% | 2021-11-19 |
27622. | Josh (belewcookies) | 55.39 | 94% | 2021-08-26 |
27623. | ABDELLATIF (hktitof) | 55.39 | 93.1% | 2023-12-04 |
27624. | Drekade (drekade) | 55.39 | 95% | 2021-08-26 |
27625. | Martina (martinasp) | 55.39 | 97% | 2018-10-16 |
27626. | Sam (sams25) | 55.39 | 91% | 2016-01-27 |
27627. | Awil (cawaleyare) | 55.38 | 95% | 2022-01-30 |
27628. | iDontLoveMyCountry(I love m... | 55.38 | 93% | 2024-03-27 |
27629. | Manny (mannyc70) | 55.38 | 93% | 2014-03-28 |
27630. | Derp (bandchick101) | 55.38 | 88% | 2013-12-02 |
27631. | Hieu (lehieu76) | 55.38 | — | 2010-09-30 |
27632. | Sajjad Ali (a_sajjad_72) | 55.37 | 97% | 2024-04-18 |
27633. | Louis (marstosirius) | 55.37 | 97% | 2023-12-08 |
27634. | Zhengyang (mmm_jerome) | 55.37 | 95% | 2023-06-01 |
27635. | Youssef (iiyusuf) | 55.37 | 94.5% | 2023-12-28 |
27636. | Michael (tomisfat) | 55.37 | 92% | 2012-08-23 |
27637. | jasmine (chandani) | 55.37 | 97% | 2014-02-10 |
27638. | Carl (imcarll) | 55.36 | 93% | 2023-12-09 |
27639. | bigwayv (bigwayv) | 55.36 | 97% | 2020-07-01 |
27640. | Bishal (subbabishalfrombhutan) | 55.36 | 100% | 2024-01-05 |
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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 |