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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21027. | josh (joshkilledya) | 75.10 | 99% | 2019-03-31 |
| 21028. | joey (joeyum) | 75.10 | 96% | 2023-11-16 |
| 21029. | (sal111) | 75.10 | 96.5% | 2024-05-25 |
| 21030. | Shohid (humangod) | 75.10 | 98% | 2021-08-13 |
| 21031. | R (rtyper20260) | 75.10 | 98% | 2018-02-04 |
| 21032. | Beth (janbeth) | 75.10 | 97% | 2014-08-11 |
| 21033. | Scott (1159) | 75.10 | 91% | 2016-12-10 |
| 21034. | imBETTER (1champion1) | 75.09 | 95% | 2024-08-02 |
| 21035. | Hristache Andrei (hristache... | 75.09 | 98% | 2024-03-06 |
| 21036. | Chinmay (parvatechinmay) | 75.09 | 96% | 2017-01-30 |
| 21037. | Vasilis (bill103) | 75.09 | 96% | 2024-02-27 |
| 21038. | Andy (andyfang) | 75.09 | 89% | 2013-12-03 |
| 21039. | Jesse (delgrecoj) | 75.09 | 97% | 2015-11-11 |
| 21040. | steroids steroids everywher... | 75.09 | 91% | 2013-08-21 |
| 21041. | Felipe (saywut) | 75.09 | 98% | 2015-02-21 |
| 21042. | Peter (pero_k4) | 75.09 | 95% | 2014-07-16 |
| 21043. | Ajithkumar (tech_ajiith) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-07-23 |
| 21044. | Yves (yclaguisma) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-09-17 |
| 21045. | sveros2001 (sveros2) | 75.08 | 95.4% | 2024-02-10 |
| 21046. | Jacek (akintos) | 75.08 | 95% | 2022-02-05 |
| 21047. | Neve (neveliar) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-06-02 |
| 21048. | FlyAtNight (flyonkeyboard) | 75.08 | 97.7% | 2023-12-02 |
| 21049. | Zachary (peanutbutter146) | 75.08 | 98% | 2024-10-25 |
| 21050. | Jimi (shadron) | 75.08 | 97% | 2020-11-10 |
| 21051. | nick (colleyferdez) | 75.08 | 96% | 2014-07-09 |
| 21052. | wowdoge (wowdoge44) | 75.07 | 98% | 2024-11-08 |
| 21053. | Andrew (andrutr) | 75.07 | 97% | 2024-09-12 |
| 21054. | youngjeffy (kaoxiaojie) | 75.07 | 97.3% | 2023-12-13 |
| 21055. | Steven (seteven95) | 75.07 | 97.4% | 2023-12-18 |
| 21056. | Mikael (mikaelcz) | 75.07 | 95% | 2015-07-30 |
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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 |