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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16136. | Furqan (dragon73) | 75.23 | 96% | 2013-12-05 |
16137. | Wacky (wackyrio) | 75.23 | 98% | 2024-03-31 |
16138. | Md Ubaid (mdubaid_ulllah000) | 75.23 | 95% | 2022-04-29 |
16139. | ediwaw (jezreel114) | 75.23 | 96% | 2020-11-18 |
16140. | daniela (_dee_) | 75.23 | 96% | 2012-06-03 |
16141. | Devon (devenski) | 75.23 | 98% | 2019-10-30 |
16142. | Quyền (quyenhoang) | 75.23 | 97% | 2013-01-16 |
16143. | Lily (lilylilylily) | 75.22 | 99% | 2023-11-18 |
16144. | acrid (acrid) | 75.22 | 98% | 2022-01-20 |
16145. | Keira (keiramc) | 75.22 | 96% | 2023-08-01 |
16146. | The best (thebestmeme) | 75.22 | 95% | 2021-05-04 |
16147. | Sanbi (ss8vd) | 75.22 | — | 2010-08-11 |
16148. | Ganesh (ganesh_100) | 75.22 | 97% | 2016-02-17 |
16149. | Katie (blissbee7) | 75.21 | 99% | 2024-03-25 |
16150. | chandra (sekhar_88) | 75.21 | 98% | 2016-02-04 |
16151. | Eivind (haskellelephant) | 75.21 | 94% | 2013-01-21 |
16152. | asdasd (asdasd94) | 75.20 | 98.8% | 2024-01-01 |
16153. | John (meep_beep) | 75.20 | 96% | 2022-03-18 |
16154. | Paperclip (akmalreza) | 75.20 | 96% | 2020-05-07 |
16155. | burger (jill1522) | 75.20 | 92% | 2016-05-16 |
16156. | Abigail (abievans46) | 75.20 | 94% | 2016-06-30 |
16157. | Josh (upaymeifixit) | 75.20 | 93% | 2016-03-04 |
16158. | Masoud (masoudcs) | 75.20 | 98% | 2014-04-18 |
16159. | yank (yankz) | 75.19 | 95% | 2023-11-30 |
16160. | rhjs1969 (rhjs1969) | 75.19 | 97% | 2023-08-15 |
16161. | Palestine (abood2002) | 75.19 | 100% | 2023-08-21 |
16162. | Fujiwaranosai (fujiwaranosai) | 75.19 | — | 2010-07-13 |
16163. | Chris (ctmfrs) | 75.19 | 91% | 2013-10-23 |
16164. | Tony (bak2r) | 75.19 | 96% | 2018-09-05 |
16165. | Kevin (vin15) | 75.19 | — | 2010-11-16 |
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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 |