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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26504. | Kamshin (kamshin_18) | 58.23 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
26505. | Bob (popegraham) | 58.23 | 93% | 2014-04-06 |
26506. | Willy (willyosu) | 58.23 | 95% | 2021-01-27 |
26507. | Brian (presonus) | 58.23 | 92% | 2016-11-22 |
26508. | Kit (kittoadinatha) | 58.23 | 91% | 2016-04-12 |
26509. | ken (kai285) | 58.22 | 93% | 2024-02-01 |
26510. | Alex (alexm2air) | 58.22 | 97% | 2023-12-31 |
26511. | Kenmar (kenmar) | 58.22 | 96% | 2021-12-12 |
26512. | Silver (silverdogface) | 58.22 | 91% | 2015-12-13 |
26513. | thanh (thanhmamce) | 58.22 | — | 2011-03-04 |
26514. | Frankie (niitronguyen) | 58.22 | — | 2010-09-17 |
26515. | Rafael (cyon) | 58.22 | 96% | 2012-08-06 |
26516. | Adarsh (adarshaks19) | 58.21 | 96% | 2022-11-18 |
26517. | Indeed (indeed001) | 58.21 | 96% | 2021-09-01 |
26518. | MbahLatip (paijolatip) | 58.21 | 97% | 2013-06-07 |
26519. | BK (bk_hapdiem) | 58.21 | 93% | 2012-06-02 |
26520. | Gabriel (gbvicente) | 58.20 | 97% | 2020-10-19 |
26521. | Matt (mattdorow) | 58.20 | 91% | 2015-02-27 |
26522. | luckyboy (luckyboy1234) | 58.20 | 89% | 2013-02-15 |
26523. | inv_R (inv_r) | 58.19 | 95.9% | 2024-01-06 |
26524. | Eirik (epower) | 58.19 | — | 2011-01-25 |
26525. | Arvid (actaz) | 58.19 | 90% | 2014-10-15 |
26526. | yeastbeast (yeastbeast) | 58.18 | 96% | 2020-09-03 |
26527. | citrom (narancs) | 58.18 | 93% | 2013-02-27 |
26528. | hajar (hajar) | 58.18 | 98% | 2012-05-25 |
26529. | Amanda (aj1111) | 58.18 | 95% | 2013-03-21 |
26530. | Azhar (annacomte) | 58.17 | 96% | 2024-04-20 |
26531. | Venky (venkypk) | 58.17 | 96% | 2021-03-24 |
26532. | mxnvrch (mxnvrch) | 58.17 | 94% | 2020-11-24 |
26533. | Draco (fish0228) | 58.17 | 88% | 2016-05-16 |
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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 |