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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| 36530. | th3fwa (th3fwa) | 58.08 | 95% | 2023-11-18 |
| 36531. | IHaveArthritus (loabing) | 58.08 | 96% | 2019-11-01 |
| 36532. | Robert (bertazz) | 58.08 | 96% | 2024-03-06 |
| 36533. | Rukio (rukioruk) | 58.08 | 98% | 2018-08-09 |
| 36534. | Zheyu (thebestsunny) | 58.08 | 98% | 2017-09-07 |
| 36535. | Janetain (janetain) | 58.08 | 95% | 2017-02-04 |
| 36536. | Gilly (giles) | 58.08 | — | 2010-09-10 |
| 36537. | Kay (kvlydian) | 58.07 | 95% | 2020-12-20 |
| 36538. | tonychow (tonyc1223) | 58.07 | 96.8% | 2025-03-21 |
| 36539. | Thehee (the_hee) | 58.07 | 97% | 2025-02-12 |
| 36540. | noob (noob__type) | 58.07 | 96% | 2024-11-29 |
| 36541. | Nitzehl (nitzehl) | 58.07 | 96% | 2024-11-26 |
| 36542. | bj (ratatatata212112) | 58.07 | 95% | 2022-04-11 |
| 36543. | Artem (mrbooyaka) | 58.07 | 93% | 2017-11-21 |
| 36544. | Ryan (weite) | 58.07 | 91% | 2016-01-12 |
| 36545. | name (crsparks) | 58.07 | 91% | 2016-11-10 |
| 36546. | DvorakAbuser (dvoraktooop) | 58.06 | 93.4% | 2024-10-18 |
| 36547. | Vincent (vinxe) | 58.06 | 97% | 2024-01-30 |
| 36548. | Tang (tangvt97) | 58.06 | 95% | 2021-11-10 |
| 36549. | Danesia (danesia33) | 58.06 | 97% | 2011-08-09 |
| 36550. | Michael Antariksa (maikeru10) | 58.06 | 96% | 2022-01-19 |
| 36551. | Alireza (alirezaopmc) | 58.06 | 96% | 2022-12-26 |
| 36552. | Altair (altairjapan) | 58.06 | 95% | 2023-04-11 |
| 36553. | Tan (tanmingfong) | 58.06 | 96% | 2025-02-20 |
| 36554. | ✔️▄◘🚀!new_luca@y... | 58.06 | 98% | 2021-06-12 |
| 36555. | cargo (cargoishere) | 58.06 | 94% | 2021-03-15 |
| 36556. | Imran (improvemyskills) | 58.06 | — | 2010-12-06 |
| 36557. | awd (wads) | 58.06 | 85% | 2015-04-10 |
| 36558. | Rahul (gautamrahul) | 58.06 | 94% | 2012-06-02 |
| 36559. | Bu (buyongtatt) | 58.06 | 96% | 2017-02-17 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |