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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23367. | Sam (litesam) | 72.50 | 98% | 2021-06-10 |
| 23368. | Sahil (sahilm) | 72.50 | — | 2010-10-03 |
| 23369. | Deep (deeptth) | 72.50 | 98% | 2012-10-11 |
| 23370. | Datucis (datucis) | 72.50 | 91% | 2014-01-23 |
| 23371. | Martin (mloeper) | 72.49 | 96.1% | 2025-05-27 |
| 23372. | hriday (hriday_24) | 72.49 | 97% | 2025-06-07 |
| 23373. | Devv (devv123) | 72.49 | 96% | 2024-09-17 |
| 23374. | Harry (twister789) | 72.49 | 97% | 2023-02-23 |
| 23375. | varun (_varun) | 72.49 | 98% | 2023-03-25 |
| 23376. | Anais (fudgeebarr) | 72.49 | 97.2% | 2023-12-18 |
| 23377. | Sho (shonadem25) | 72.49 | 96% | 2018-01-03 |
| 23378. | Kieran (manawa) | 72.49 | 96% | 2021-08-31 |
| 23379. | Damiano (fullomen) | 72.49 | 96% | 2019-08-06 |
| 23380. | Darwin (darw11n) | 72.49 | 94% | 2022-05-02 |
| 23381. | Christian (mayne) | 72.49 | — | 2011-01-14 |
| 23382. | Morgan (jakarta) | 72.49 | 94% | 2012-04-20 |
| 23383. | Ingwa (ingwasam) | 72.48 | 97% | 2024-08-03 |
| 23384. | E (uyem) | 72.48 | 97% | 2024-09-28 |
| 23385. | Payoy (badadapayoy) | 72.48 | 97% | 2024-11-04 |
| 23386. | funtymwobbi (atticuslipelt) | 72.48 | 98% | 2024-07-19 |
| 23387. | Vesko (baskettaz) | 72.48 | 99% | 2024-11-28 |
| 23388. | meg (wyandotte) | 72.48 | 98.6% | 2024-05-16 |
| 23389. | WriterType (writertype) | 72.48 | 96.8% | 2023-11-23 |
| 23390. | 雲煙成雨 (1eonardo) | 72.48 | 95% | 2022-01-13 |
| 23391. | kusper (kusper) | 72.48 | 96% | 2021-12-05 |
| 23392. | trung (trung) | 72.48 | 96% | 2013-08-29 |
| 23393. | benhim4mat (benhim4mat) | 72.48 | 98% | 2015-01-13 |
| 23394. | Donian (donian) | 72.48 | 94% | 2015-01-02 |
| 23395. | Elliot (uclacivil) | 72.48 | 94% | 2011-07-12 |
| 23396. | Mister (simply) | 72.48 | 91% | 2013-10-19 |
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| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |