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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| 6243. | Gio (g_man23) | 99.01 | 99.3% | 2024-01-30 |
| 6244. | tehmbot (timu) | 99.01 | 93% | 2016-04-28 |
| 6245. | Clanty (clantzz) | 99.01 | 93% | 2016-04-07 |
| 6246. | Blake (mrbkap) | 99.01 | — | 2010-10-23 |
| 6247. | Daniel (dapr5483) | 99.00 | 98% | 2024-04-07 |
| 6248. | Siddhant (code_talker) | 99.00 | 96% | 2021-08-02 |
| 6249. | Jordan (jagmasta259) | 98.99 | 97.7% | 2024-02-03 |
| 6250. | RIP Tim Wakefield (guywith) | 98.98 | 97.9% | 2023-10-27 |
| 6251. | Addison (hypos) | 98.98 | 95% | 2020-09-03 |
| 6252. | Kyle (supkylejohnson) | 98.98 | 97% | 2015-06-30 |
| 6253. | 🔪 🌸🔪 🌸🔪 🌸... | 98.96 | 97% | 2021-07-05 |
| 6254. | Rob (robherges) | 98.96 | 94% | 2014-08-29 |
| 6255. | sloth on sedative (johnbogu... | 98.95 | 99.3% | 2021-02-08 |
| 6256. | Aum (aum123) | 98.95 | — | 2010-10-29 |
| 6257. | CBC (chrisbowsercopy) | 98.94 | 99% | 2022-05-21 |
| 6258. | Benjamin (fatjammin) | 98.94 | 98% | 2023-05-15 |
| 6259. | Lily (b00mer7) | 98.93 | 99% | 2021-07-09 |
| 6260. | From the river to the sea (... | 98.92 | 97.2% | 2024-12-09 |
| 6261. | Kevin (kpeezyy) | 98.92 | 98% | 2021-06-22 |
| 6262. | birdney (birdney) | 98.92 | 95% | 2016-01-08 |
| 6263. | John (deiplz) | 98.92 | 98% | 2021-01-04 |
| 6264. | Enoch (enozservant) | 98.92 | 96% | 2016-02-22 |
| 6265. | Azem (peja) | 98.92 | 97% | 2016-08-26 |
| 6266. | Julia (jfras) | 98.91 | 100% | 2025-02-20 |
| 6267. | blob (blobblob6) | 98.91 | 97% | 2022-06-15 |
| 6268. | Joao da mata (jaodamata) | 98.91 | 97% | 2024-02-04 |
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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 |