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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| 36594. | Aluka Bhanu Praksh (bhanuyk... | 56.36 | 96% | 2023-12-24 |
| 36595. | Viktor (buxata) | 56.36 | 93.8% | 2024-11-14 |
| 36596. | Alan (alanmv01) | 56.36 | 97% | 2024-08-02 |
| 36597. | ಠ_ಠ (1phoenix1) | 56.36 | 92% | 2011-08-03 |
| 36598. | kian (aryanboy) | 56.36 | 97% | 2012-01-20 |
| 36599. | mr. noob (the_noob_3000) | 56.35 | 93% | 2024-09-09 |
| 36600. | Dave (davethreed) | 56.35 | 94% | 2024-04-27 |
| 36601. | Will (wcapp23) | 56.35 | 96% | 2024-07-15 |
| 36602. | philko32 (philko32) | 56.35 | 96.7% | 2024-02-09 |
| 36603. | Hassan (hm2019) | 56.35 | 96% | 2022-08-26 |
| 36604. | Sharif (sharif_01) | 56.35 | 96% | 2022-09-17 |
| 36605. | Aneesh (aneeshrbhat) | 56.35 | 96.3% | 2024-11-17 |
| 36606. | Leo Janry (ljanre) | 56.35 | 97% | 2024-07-29 |
| 36607. | Pena (pena_perse) | 56.35 | 96% | 2024-07-28 |
| 36608. | Alex (sano7748) | 56.35 | 98% | 2017-09-27 |
| 36609. | vicky (vickyy) | 56.35 | — | 2010-09-02 |
| 36610. | smilelamp99 (smilelamp99) | 56.34 | 96% | 2025-04-05 |
| 36611. | NoMercy00 (tylung) | 56.34 | 97% | 2025-02-02 |
| 36612. | septick (sepitck) | 56.34 | 96% | 2024-02-07 |
| 36613. | desean (ueatmydust) | 56.34 | 95.2% | 2024-10-31 |
| 36614. | chimp2k (chimp2k) | 56.34 | 94% | 2024-04-26 |
| 36615. | Italo (italo_x) | 56.34 | 97% | 2024-02-18 |
| 36616. | BasisPursuit (basis_pursuit_1) | 56.34 | 97% | 2023-03-09 |
| 36617. | 2oh3 (andrew2oh3) | 56.34 | 93.2% | 2021-01-27 |
| 36618. | Nick (krown) | 56.34 | — | 2011-02-01 |
| 36619. | cold (coldmind) | 56.33 | 99% | 2017-08-28 |
| 36620. | lhdrive (kickmic) | 56.33 | 96% | 2021-11-27 |
| 36621. | Serkan BJK (ankara06) | 56.33 | 94% | 2016-06-05 |
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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 |