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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15017. | Mish (mrandersonneo) | 77.32 | 96% | 2023-12-16 |
15018. | ben (itsbenatkinson) | 77.32 | 94% | 2015-08-24 |
15019. | BRUUTAL (bruutal) | 77.32 | 95% | 2012-08-23 |
15020. | Jacobo (codeinebryant) | 77.32 | 96% | 2016-10-19 |
15021. | Carlton (wizardhero) | 77.31 | 97% | 2022-05-22 |
15022. | Golf GTI (typeracer_user_) | 77.31 | 96% | 2021-08-05 |
15023. | Antoine (antoine92) | 77.31 | 99% | 2020-03-27 |
15024. | Daniele (tighro) | 77.31 | 96% | 2013-01-26 |
15025. | Ari (ariqly) | 77.31 | 96% | 2022-04-12 |
15026. | vitor (vitorbasso) | 77.30 | 98% | 2019-03-06 |
15027. | cyril (bunnytoxic) | 77.30 | 98% | 2019-09-28 |
15028. | Jacob (prod1241480) | 77.30 | 94% | 2011-11-09 |
15029. | nullandvoid (theprogrammer) | 77.30 | 96% | 2016-01-08 |
15030. | tranman1118 (tranman1118) | 77.30 | 96% | 2021-05-18 |
15031. | Free Palestine ☄️ (adei... | 77.29 | 95.8% | 2024-01-31 |
15032. | Spork4 (spork4) | 77.29 | 98% | 2018-08-25 |
15033. | flair (ellemo) | 77.28 | 97.7% | 2023-11-16 |
15034. | adam (lhallant) | 77.28 | 98% | 2022-08-24 |
15035. | Abdullah (i3bodfc) | 77.28 | 96% | 2021-07-17 |
15036. | James (vietnommyz) | 77.28 | 94% | 2016-04-23 |
15037. | sarah (sek1129) | 77.28 | 93% | 2012-03-13 |
15038. | Charcoal (tmleavitt) | 77.27 | 96% | 2018-08-27 |
15039. | Bonnie (bonbon2234) | 77.27 | 98% | 2022-05-08 |
15040. | Diyn (diyn) | 77.27 | 96% | 2020-08-19 |
15041. | jun (jun0sck) | 77.27 | 96% | 2022-08-19 |
15042. | Huy (duchuynguyen94) | 77.27 | 98% | 2021-05-07 |
15043. | Abylaikhan (ho1den) | 77.27 | 96% | 2023-10-03 |
15044. | Mike (vangranger42) | 77.27 | 94% | 2015-07-27 |
15045. | Arisk (arisk) | 77.27 | 96% | 2012-02-08 |
15046. | Gabriel (tzyirvo) | 77.27 | 95% | 2014-04-30 |
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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 |