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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| 28991. | ore (orezee) | 67.65 | 92% | 2016-09-01 |
| 28992. | Gabe (gcoleman051) | 67.65 | 97% | 2019-08-08 |
| 28993. | Wenkev (wenkev) | 67.64 | 97% | 2025-07-17 |
| 28994. | Harry Gill (harrygill) | 67.64 | 97% | 2025-06-24 |
| 28995. | Beth (bethrambusch) | 67.64 | 98% | 2024-12-28 |
| 28996. | Nirmal (nirmalthani) | 67.64 | 96% | 2025-02-18 |
| 28997. | Michelle (mishmon) | 67.64 | 96% | 2017-10-14 |
| 28998. | tropicalgus (tropicalgus) | 67.64 | 97.7% | 2024-08-15 |
| 28999. | suyog (i_suyog) | 67.64 | 97% | 2024-01-18 |
| 29000. | nachoneko (nachoneko) | 67.64 | 96% | 2022-04-09 |
| 29001. | starz (starz83) | 67.64 | 100% | 2024-01-28 |
| 29002. | PriesaFire (nguyentriton) | 67.64 | 97% | 2021-07-04 |
| 29003. | Claude (claudelf) | 67.64 | 97% | 2019-12-04 |
| 29004. | Nathan (alohaboy31) | 67.64 | 95% | 2020-12-21 |
| 29005. | hai (nothing4u) | 67.64 | 96% | 2017-05-18 |
| 29006. | Ganpil (narenraja) | 67.64 | 97% | 2014-12-08 |
| 29007. | Vignesh (vikiaero) | 67.63 | 97% | 2024-07-23 |
| 29008. | Electro (electroyt2003) | 67.63 | 94% | 2024-10-09 |
| 29009. | Boris (bkrop_) | 67.63 | 97% | 2024-05-22 |
| 29010. | Your_Local_Abbo (budoo3000) | 67.63 | 96% | 2024-07-04 |
| 29011. | Yi-Chen (yichenlo) | 67.63 | 96% | 2023-07-01 |
| 29012. | KrebbyPatty (krebby_patty) | 67.63 | 97.9% | 2024-06-10 |
| 29013. | Mashfiqun (mashfiqun) | 67.63 | 99% | 2022-10-08 |
| 29014. | Alex (alexkai) | 67.63 | 95.8% | 2023-06-08 |
| 29015. | Adeeb (adeeb_alzein) | 67.63 | 96% | 2024-02-03 |
| 29016. | Paw (wicked123) | 67.63 | 92% | 2015-08-05 |
| 29017. | LTH (lth305) | 67.62 | 97.7% | 2025-01-09 |
| 29018. | @xodussy (ig_xodussy) | 67.62 | 93.5% | 2024-09-26 |
| 29019. | Caroline (dum_frog111) | 67.62 | 97% | 2024-01-30 |
| 29020. | Zwe (zweminoo) | 67.62 | 96.8% | 2024-08-30 |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| 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 |