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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28675. | pang (pangjingen) | 53.03 | 95% | 2018-07-25 |
28676. | Jacky Lim (kingfinger) | 53.02 | 91% | 2013-05-23 |
28677. | Keith (hiimmiku) | 53.01 | 95% | 2017-10-01 |
28678. | Sam (bobfreely93) | 53.01 | 97% | 2022-12-20 |
28679. | Mirtininkas (mirtininkas) | 53.01 | 95% | 2021-12-16 |
28680. | PatrickSVM (patrick_svm) | 53.01 | 95% | 2023-12-18 |
28681. | Temirlan (bthero) | 53.01 | 93% | 2016-11-18 |
28682. | Mohammed (drmfmsa) | 53.01 | 87% | 2012-08-04 |
28683. | Jag (jag02) | 53.01 | — | 2010-06-09 |
28684. | Gorod Krovi (ch3wy) | 53.00 | 96% | 2024-01-20 |
28685. | Paul (paulm_drive) | 53.00 | 98% | 2014-02-22 |
28686. | Vuong (alamin) | 53.00 | — | 2010-06-22 |
28687. | Emily (emi1ly7) | 52.99 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
28688. | Meta (meta_x0) | 52.99 | 96.5% | 2023-12-16 |
28689. | Marc (marcssayan) | 52.99 | 95% | 2014-10-20 |
28690. | Madhu (mathumathik) | 52.99 | 94% | 2017-06-07 |
28691. | Jose (zense21) | 52.98 | 93% | 2020-05-25 |
28692. | Jared (oranged97939) | 52.98 | 86% | 2012-10-13 |
28693. | Rajendra (rkarki42) | 52.98 | 98% | 2011-11-22 |
28694. | Daniel (jakab922) | 52.98 | 95% | 2011-08-04 |
28695. | 心 (eltnegnam) | 52.98 | 94% | 2012-01-15 |
28696. | Valery Vorobev (few_) | 52.97 | 96.8% | 2024-04-01 |
28697. | MYTE (myte) | 52.97 | 96% | 2023-02-15 |
28698. | gerry (gsihaj5) | 52.97 | 92% | 2016-08-07 |
28699. | kjm9198 (kgm9198) | 52.97 | 96% | 2021-02-08 |
28700. | porphyrogennetos (porphyrog... | 52.97 | 97% | 2022-07-13 |
28701. | even (lik141) | 52.97 | 98% | 2017-07-08 |
28702. | Suprov (s_uprov) | 52.96 | 92% | 2024-03-29 |
28703. | noob (miemypark) | 52.96 | 96% | 2024-01-23 |
28704. | sessiz (yamukklavye) | 52.96 | 94% | 2023-12-10 |
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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 |