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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24679. | arrowchild (arrowchild) | 71.46 | 98% | 2024-02-26 |
| 24680. | Andreas (somesayhey) | 71.46 | 90% | 2013-02-02 |
| 24681. | whitehat (whitehat2010) | 71.46 | 96% | 2012-06-05 |
| 24682. | Omar (om17) | 71.46 | 95% | 2017-10-07 |
| 24683. | Adelaide (adelaide_) | 71.45 | 96% | 2024-12-07 |
| 24684. | meerkat2121 (meerkat212121) | 71.45 | 94% | 2025-03-05 |
| 24685. | Andrej (androamater) | 71.45 | 98% | 2023-09-14 |
| 24686. | Tom Bridger (tom_bridger) | 71.44 | 97% | 2025-02-09 |
| 24687. | Braylen Brooks (unicornjdty) | 71.44 | 96.3% | 2024-10-17 |
| 24688. | Mohamed Ayman (moha800) | 71.44 | 97.2% | 2025-03-14 |
| 24689. | Vishal (vishal9) | 71.44 | 96% | 2024-03-21 |
| 24690. | Saqib Farooq (saqib_royal1914) | 71.44 | 95% | 2024-06-14 |
| 24691. | FragilePenguin (fragilepeng... | 71.44 | 97.8% | 2024-12-05 |
| 24692. | Jerry (jerryr5279) | 71.44 | 96% | 2018-05-19 |
| 24693. | Jake (jasala) | 71.44 | 94% | 2017-02-24 |
| 24694. | ts (tsoop) | 71.44 | 98% | 2018-01-01 |
| 24695. | Arsenal (arsenal_) | 71.43 | 97% | 2022-07-06 |
| 24696. | Konstantinos (konstantop) | 71.43 | 97% | 2020-08-05 |
| 24697. | Mad Eyes (mad_eyes) | 71.43 | 95% | 2024-03-06 |
| 24698. | Jivvy (jivvy6) | 71.43 | 96% | 2021-03-10 |
| 24699. | AJ (aayushjoshi) | 71.43 | 97.5% | 2023-12-02 |
| 24700. | Axey (axaffect) | 71.43 | 96.4% | 2024-10-02 |
| 24701. | anant (anant059) | 71.43 | 99% | 2023-11-10 |
| 24702. | jacks (northice12) | 71.43 | 95% | 2022-10-07 |
| 24703. | Stevy (stevymu) | 71.43 | 97% | 2022-03-27 |
| 24704. | Vamsi Krishna (gordongecko) | 71.43 | 96% | 2021-05-06 |
| 24705. | Sam (jackles726) | 71.43 | 96.2% | 2024-09-21 |
| 24706. | Caissy (kayyyseee) | 71.43 | 98% | 2015-01-24 |
| 24707. | Claire (thegool) | 71.43 | 95% | 2018-03-30 |
| 24708. | Jonathan (jonmixnblend) | 71.43 | 97% | 2016-09-07 |
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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 |