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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| 24331. | Ananta (anantabipal2010) | 70.57 | 97% | 2017-09-03 |
| 24332. | Isa (reinertisa) | 70.56 | 97% | 2025-01-15 |
| 24333. | Frederick (lulutard18) | 70.56 | 98% | 2024-09-24 |
| 24334. | Ashish (ashcode98) | 70.56 | 97% | 2024-08-25 |
| 24335. | a6uxa4 (a6uxa4) | 70.56 | 96.4% | 2025-02-10 |
| 24336. | Darren Yep (darrenyep) | 70.56 | 98% | 2011-05-18 |
| 24337. | Dandee (batangpinoy) | 70.55 | 98% | 2024-11-18 |
| 24338. | Kyva (kyva) | 70.55 | 98% | 2024-06-18 |
| 24339. | Matthew (obamapills) | 70.55 | 94% | 2024-02-05 |
| 24340. | Alosson (tiger6654) | 70.55 | 98% | 2022-01-02 |
| 24341. | Violet (ackerman_l1) | 70.55 | 96% | 2021-03-15 |
| 24342. | Andrés (andreslpza) | 70.55 | 97% | 2019-12-17 |
| 24343. | Sophie (leadtogreenway) | 70.55 | 97% | 2012-09-07 |
| 24344. | John (jca1987) | 70.55 | 92% | 2011-09-01 |
| 24345. | Grigory (yaroslavtsev) | 70.55 | 95% | 2014-12-06 |
| 24346. | Jamee (jhaque17) | 70.55 | 94% | 2017-06-11 |
| 24347. | Packman (packman2024) | 70.54 | 96% | 2024-03-10 |
| 24348. | Tristan (tristanfc) | 70.54 | 98% | 2024-06-11 |
| 24349. | Kris (marooned7) | 70.54 | 97% | 2024-06-28 |
| 24350. | Speedy (airflow) | 70.54 | 96.2% | 2024-11-23 |
| 24351. | Caleb (plutobrat) | 70.54 | 92% | 2015-12-27 |
| 24352. | Britton (federicobrit) | 70.54 | 97% | 2023-08-29 |
| 24353. | Pavan (pavantyperacer) | 70.54 | 95% | 2022-03-05 |
| 24354. | daniel (dsmcubingyt) | 70.54 | 96.2% | 2021-02-03 |
| 24355. | qiTsuk (qitsuk) | 70.54 | 94% | 2016-08-31 |
| 24356. | Sadie (selbe) | 70.54 | 96% | 2013-07-25 |
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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 |