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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| 28279. | lovos111 (lovos111) | 67.79 | 95.6% | 2024-02-27 |
| 28280. | Caleb (thetypist18) | 67.79 | 96% | 2023-12-15 |
| 28281. | RayKuro (ray_kuro) | 67.79 | 97% | 2024-01-27 |
| 28282. | Rhys (speedymole) | 67.79 | 91% | 2014-11-08 |
| 28283. | Melvin (mellikyun) | 67.79 | 95.4% | 2021-02-18 |
| 28284. | femonemonemo (femonemo) | 67.79 | 96% | 2022-05-19 |
| 28285. | Ego Bagas (egobagas) | 67.79 | 97% | 2017-07-18 |
| 28286. | Kurt (kurthu) | 67.79 | 97% | 2017-07-19 |
| 28287. | bzhlk (bzhlk) | 67.79 | — | 2011-02-26 |
| 28288. | Omar (omarobeya) | 67.79 | 93% | 2017-04-27 |
| 28289. | nan (nandhubal) | 67.79 | 96% | 2012-02-25 |
| 28290. | burn (burn2nd) | 67.79 | 97% | 2013-04-05 |
| 28291. | RRKS (rrks43) | 67.79 | 94% | 2015-09-18 |
| 28292. | Stephen (lytstephen) | 67.79 | 96% | 2012-02-12 |
| 28293. | Hue (huehue_) | 67.79 | 96% | 2016-03-17 |
| 28294. | Gor (goroid) | 67.79 | 94% | 2011-06-28 |
| 28295. | Colin (fofofofofofofo) | 67.78 | 96% | 2025-02-13 |
| 28296. | cucu (cucucucucu) | 67.78 | 96% | 2024-07-28 |
| 28297. | Maaz Akhtar (maazakhtar) | 67.78 | 93.9% | 2025-02-24 |
| 28298. | Thinking_it_over (thinkingi... | 67.78 | 98% | 2024-11-07 |
| 28299. | Elias (9elias) | 67.78 | 97% | 2018-08-21 |
| 28300. | Ginevra (ginevra) | 67.78 | 94% | 2012-05-05 |
| 28301. | Vincent (vincenteyao) | 67.78 | 94% | 2011-12-04 |
| 28302. | Asad (asadmughal786) | 67.77 | 96% | 2025-07-28 |
| 28303. | thilagesh__ (thilagesh__) | 67.77 | 97% | 2024-08-27 |
| 28304. | Champion (ethenk) | 67.77 | 95% | 2023-11-29 |
| 28305. | Kairav (parzivalkairav) | 67.77 | 96.3% | 2024-05-30 |
| 28306. | gujjar (gujjarji) | 67.77 | 97% | 2025-04-13 |
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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 |