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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44594. | sloth (mitchie98) | 44.06 | 93% | 2016-10-12 |
| 44595. | Kimberly (bebiblush) | 44.06 | 91% | 2014-03-17 |
| 44596. | Minh (minhnguyenxuan) | 44.05 | 92.8% | 2021-02-20 |
| 44597. | Hazel (hazel_jane) | 44.05 | 97% | 2024-11-15 |
| 44598. | Faves (pheivezz) | 44.05 | 96% | 2024-10-15 |
| 44599. | Philippe Coutinho (philippe... | 44.05 | 95.1% | 2025-01-03 |
| 44600. | batbayar (winnerb43) | 44.05 | 89% | 2016-06-24 |
| 44601. | Zen the Fairy Dragon (zetazen) | 44.04 | 95% | 2025-04-07 |
| 44602. | jeet (ken105) | 44.04 | 95% | 2024-06-15 |
| 44603. | neo (neo007) | 44.04 | 95% | 2021-05-31 |
| 44604. | Allen (al3299) | 44.04 | 93% | 2012-10-25 |
| 44605. | Ajay (ajy11) | 44.04 | 90% | 2013-02-27 |
| 44606. | z (zzallin) | 44.03 | 93% | 2024-02-15 |
| 44607. | JP (jingyupang) | 44.02 | 96% | 2024-08-01 |
| 44608. | annie (annietran) | 44.02 | 96% | 2024-08-01 |
| 44609. | Manikanta (bablu1321) | 44.02 | 96% | 2025-02-12 |
| 44610. | SpeedKeys (matt1245) | 44.01 | 97% | 2025-06-15 |
| 44611. | ash (ashymcqueen) | 44.01 | 94.7% | 2024-02-05 |
| 44612. | Joseph (joseph_likes_bebop) | 44.01 | 99% | 2022-11-09 |
| 44613. | sabir khan (sabir22) | 43.99 | 95% | 2024-10-15 |
| 44614. | little Wshen (riyle) | 43.99 | 95% | 2023-08-26 |
| 44615. | Arjun A N S (arjun_25) | 43.98 | 94% | 2024-02-19 |
| 44616. | preppyprincess69 (tqixic) | 43.98 | 93% | 2024-03-06 |
| 44617. | Fredrik (johndeux) | 43.98 | 90% | 2014-12-25 |
| 44618. | Alice (alicecheng) | 43.97 | 88% | 2014-01-04 |
| 44619. | asdf (blackbirdsigloo) | 43.97 | 97% | 2021-11-05 |
| 44620. | Cristiano_CR7 (krithik_cr7) | 43.96 | 96% | 2025-01-05 |
| 44621. | Hisham (drhisham) | 43.96 | 91% | 2015-02-02 |
| 44622. | ajaas (ajaas) | 43.95 | 95.2% | 2025-05-15 |
| 44623. | Sajib (dipto) | 43.94 | 95% | 2022-08-22 |
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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 |