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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| 43739. | ingrid (ingridrs) | 49.80 | 96% | 2024-06-06 |
| 43740. | dazzdm (dazzdm) | 49.80 | 94.9% | 2024-01-15 |
| 43741. | Mohammad (mohammad__) | 49.80 | 94% | 2021-03-04 |
| 43742. | Morgan (holzerm15) | 49.79 | 99% | 2025-03-19 |
| 43743. | H. V. (h_v1984) | 49.79 | 94.5% | 2024-12-26 |
| 43744. | Daryl (daryldwiatma) | 49.79 | 94% | 2024-06-10 |
| 43745. | yonatan (yonic72) | 49.79 | 95% | 2025-01-23 |
| 43746. | Navid (navidqrz) | 49.79 | 95.5% | 2025-01-09 |
| 43747. | zXoric (zxoric) | 49.79 | 95% | 2025-05-25 |
| 43748. | rhay (rhayaep) | 49.79 | 94% | 2024-03-16 |
| 43749. | tofankaran (akash2001) | 49.79 | 95.4% | 2023-11-17 |
| 43750. | Atharva Vijay (atharva_vk) | 49.79 | 94.4% | 2021-02-24 |
| 43751. | Zen (zen_xs) | 49.79 | 96.8% | 2024-07-21 |
| 43752. | Hugh (gbush2000) | 49.79 | 94% | 2020-09-11 |
| 43753. | Apples (apples07) | 49.79 | 93% | 2016-03-13 |
| 43754. | typer (kmanghat) | 49.78 | 96% | 2020-12-10 |
| 43755. | S (sum917) | 49.77 | 94% | 2020-03-18 |
| 43756. | Matt (flapjack245) | 49.77 | 93% | 2025-05-09 |
| 43757. | Binod (binodmx) | 49.77 | 97% | 2017-06-08 |
| 43758. | Tuấn Anh (tuananhnbt) | 49.77 | — | 2010-08-25 |
| 43759. | Kyle (kyleark) | 49.76 | 96% | 2023-04-04 |
| 43760. | Amani (amani7) | 49.76 | 99% | 2013-11-14 |
| 43761. | Thilash (thilash) | 49.75 | 96% | 2014-10-06 |
| 43762. | dawn (dreamwastaken) | 49.75 | 94% | 2020-09-17 |
| 43763. | Wan (rockzzwan) | 49.75 | 99% | 2025-08-21 |
| 43764. | RadStar (radstar) | 49.75 | 98% | 2024-05-11 |
| 43765. | Aaryan sharma (aaryan21) | 49.75 | 96% | 2021-10-17 |
| 43766. | Maddie (mfighter) | 49.75 | 94% | 2018-06-30 |
| 43767. | sykn (sykn) | 49.74 | 96% | 2025-06-24 |
| 43768. | Matthew (nyakurikun) | 49.74 | 97% | 2024-12-09 |
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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 |