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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9520. | Tycho (tychobroucke) | 90.97 | 96.9% | 2023-10-22 |
| 9521. | Bhrianna (birdsofrhia) | 90.97 | 96% | 2012-03-01 |
| 9522. | jeremiah (the_bullfrog) | 90.96 | 98% | 2024-12-18 |
| 9523. | Alexandre (acolavin) | 90.96 | — | 2011-02-09 |
| 9524. | Olcay (kinataki) | 90.96 | 98.4% | 2023-12-15 |
| 9525. | Jimmy (zen529) | 90.96 | 99% | 2021-04-19 |
| 9526. | Matt (mlefkow) | 90.96 | — | 2010-07-11 |
| 9527. | Sujay (sbwrtw) | 90.96 | 94% | 2013-05-20 |
| 9528. | Daniel (lozand) | 90.96 | 99% | 2015-12-14 |
| 9529. | Hayawardh (hayawardh) | 90.96 | 98% | 2012-01-03 |
| 9530. | www (dieucra) | 90.96 | 95% | 2016-07-19 |
| 9531. | Koby (basedone) | 90.95 | 98.4% | 2024-11-27 |
| 9532. | Cameu (cameu) | 90.95 | 98% | 2024-04-24 |
| 9533. | Joseph (josefmcbrosef) | 90.95 | 98% | 2022-02-22 |
| 9534. | yo dayo (ayamenakiri) | 90.95 | 99.7% | 2023-10-09 |
| 9535. | Michael (bannister) | 90.95 | 97% | 2011-11-29 |
| 9536. | casiofx83gt (casiofx83gt) | 90.94 | 95.4% | 2024-01-21 |
| 9537. | Kaim (14mkim) | 90.93 | 91% | 2013-08-28 |
| 9538. | Patrick (youngpup) | 90.92 | 98% | 2024-10-07 |
| 9539. | lando (multilagio) | 90.92 | 97% | 2022-05-02 |
| 9540. | Nate (nhanzel) | 90.92 | 97% | 2021-11-14 |
| 9541. | Brandon (saosin) | 90.92 | 97% | 2013-03-22 |
| 9542. | Ramses (boinkey) | 90.92 | 97.5% | 2025-01-09 |
| 9543. | Anahit (anachan17) | 90.92 | 97% | 2020-07-14 |
| 9544. | Christian (aid8) | 90.91 | 98% | 2023-08-17 |
| 9545. | Ham (hamtazmic) | 90.91 | 87% | 2013-10-30 |
| 9546. | Nur Hasmi (nurhasmi) | 90.91 | 93% | 2012-03-20 |
| 9547. | Siddesh (sid58) | 90.91 | 90% | 2017-04-16 |
| 9548. | reactor2 (rakesh_singh) | 90.90 | 97% | 2023-02-13 |
| 9549. | myself (sakib9) | 90.90 | 99% | 2024-04-02 |
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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 |