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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8119. | rakesh_singh (rakesh_singh) | 90.90 | 97% | 2023-02-13 |
8120. | myself (sakib9) | 90.90 | 99% | 2024-04-02 |
8121. | nate (nate2936) | 90.90 | 97.6% | 2021-02-27 |
8122. | Rebecca (racerrebecca) | 90.90 | 98% | 2013-04-17 |
8123. | Satoru (satoru_gojo) | 90.89 | 97% | 2020-12-21 |
8124. | Jonathon (goodstuff11) | 90.88 | 97% | 2021-10-02 |
8125. | rohan (maverick_mind69) | 90.88 | 99% | 2023-08-31 |
8126. | Axcel (savitar20) | 90.87 | 98.8% | 2023-12-24 |
8127. | Stefano (shadereturn) | 90.87 | 98% | 2017-10-01 |
8128. | George (miixed01) | 90.87 | 95% | 2016-01-28 |
8129. | Lucas (st3ezy) | 90.86 | 97% | 2023-12-01 |
8130. | ssiborg (ssiborg) | 90.86 | 97% | 2022-07-19 |
8131. | Th3BossC (th3bossc) | 90.86 | 96.9% | 2023-12-06 |
8132. | Lima (legit__mib) | 90.86 | 94% | 2016-05-06 |
8133. | Cassidy (cassidy13k) | 90.86 | 96% | 2015-02-20 |
8134. | Caleb (pupilwarrior) | 90.86 | 95% | 2012-07-20 |
8135. | GAY (gayy) | 90.85 | — | 2010-11-03 |
8136. | Frischer Salat (frischersalat) | 90.85 | 94% | 2015-03-20 |
8137. | Phan (phan2009) | 90.85 | 98% | 2012-06-04 |
8138. | | (canvaslol) | 90.84 | 96.6% | 2023-12-08 |
8139. | kyubkubkubkubyub (kyubkubku... | 90.84 | 96% | 2021-08-25 |
8140. | wailard (wailard) | 90.84 | 97% | 2018-01-13 |
8141. | Dol (indiff) | 90.83 | — | 2011-01-23 |
8142. | Weird (achlyster) | 90.82 | 98% | 2024-02-15 |
8143. | Jim (hockeyhead019) | 90.82 | 98% | 2021-10-21 |
8144. | da (causenetsofv) | 90.82 | 98% | 2022-10-27 |
8145. | david (digger514) | 90.82 | 97% | 2012-09-11 |
8146. | T (omega5002) | 90.81 | 97% | 2020-04-07 |
8147. | J0kerJ4y (j0kerj4y) | 90.81 | 97% | 2021-07-30 |
8148. | Ragged (raggedstar) | 90.80 | 93% | 2011-10-29 |
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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 |