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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23130. | John Doe (slippysam) | 73.22 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
| 23131. | Le Roux (meneerotterkopx2) | 73.22 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
| 23132. | bk (brk9) | 73.22 | 94% | 2024-09-29 |
| 23133. | Quinlan (deval) | 73.22 | 94% | 2011-08-11 |
| 23134. | Karol (krl8456) | 73.21 | 97.9% | 2025-04-09 |
| 23135. | JkillahR (jkillahr) | 73.21 | 97% | 2025-06-07 |
| 23136. | Jan Avery (sewee) | 73.21 | 96.2% | 2024-08-31 |
| 23137. | Jake (captainperalta) | 73.21 | 94% | 2024-10-22 |
| 23138. | Andrew (yungror) | 73.21 | 95.9% | 2024-07-04 |
| 23139. | JMK (jmk_x) | 73.21 | 99% | 2025-01-28 |
| 23140. | Kippler (kippler1827) | 73.21 | 95% | 2022-07-14 |
| 23141. | builderdogalt (builderdogalt) | 73.20 | 96.7% | 2025-02-13 |
| 23142. | Dhyaneshwaran (dhyani1919) | 73.20 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
| 23143. | Hoang (hoangthien2003) | 73.20 | 95% | 2024-10-01 |
| 23144. | emily (picklehorse) | 73.20 | 96% | 2022-03-03 |
| 23145. | Martin (rykarn) | 73.20 | 96% | 2014-12-05 |
| 23146. | elias (hanebuechen) | 73.19 | 97% | 2025-03-08 |
| 23147. | Meow (meow777777) | 73.19 | 98% | 2024-08-03 |
| 23148. | Angelo (fatedfons) | 73.19 | 96% | 2024-10-08 |
| 23149. | fwiichigo (fwiichigo) | 73.19 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
| 23150. | mikeeeee (typintypist) | 73.19 | 95.1% | 2023-11-30 |
| 23151. | Keisuke (kkishi) | 73.19 | 97% | 2020-12-22 |
| 23152. | Dawn (dawndawndawn) | 73.19 | 94% | 2011-06-02 |
| 23153. | Tushchi Rocket (tushchi) | 73.19 | — | 2011-02-25 |
| 23154. | Vi (anne777) | 73.19 | — | 2010-10-03 |
| 23155. | lolofast (lolofast) | 73.18 | 95.5% | 2024-07-11 |
| 23156. | han (stuckinatimezone) | 73.18 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
| 23157. | Atif (atif_zaheer) | 73.18 | 95% | 2021-04-29 |
| 23158. | Roshan (roshan_) | 73.18 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
| 23159. | matheus (matheus_manchester) | 73.18 | — | 2010-06-23 |
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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 |