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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| 9388. | greengnome (damiimad) | 91.22 | 97% | 2024-06-29 |
| 9389. | Jacky (plentyblood) | 91.22 | 98% | 2021-08-21 |
| 9390. | jan Drenik (hitrijan) | 91.22 | 98% | 2024-11-26 |
| 9391. | slowpoke (ploperq) | 91.22 | 97% | 2024-07-16 |
| 9392. | master (masterfocks) | 91.22 | 98% | 2023-12-26 |
| 9393. | MrButtersworth (flapjackstax) | 91.21 | 98% | 2020-08-24 |
| 9394. | JOE (csj1) | 91.21 | 95% | 2020-10-05 |
| 9395. | goop (grassy) | 91.21 | 97.1% | 2024-10-30 |
| 9396. | Derek (sadrobot) | 91.21 | 94% | 2014-11-07 |
| 9397. | Lightening Crashes !! An ol... | 91.21 | 93% | 2013-01-19 |
| 9398. | Tintin, (madcaddy3) | 91.21 | 96% | 2013-05-24 |
| 9399. | red (redcrimson24) | 91.20 | 97% | 2022-05-04 |
| 9400. | Alex (koroglua15) | 91.20 | 95% | 2014-03-02 |
| 9401. | Andy (andyyaldoo) | 91.20 | 96% | 2017-05-19 |
| 9402. | Commander (sirloinofbeef) | 91.20 | 97% | 2014-03-02 |
| 9403. | Barack (poexpress) | 91.20 | 97% | 2018-08-20 |
| 9404. | James (squigglejoe) | 91.19 | 98% | 2012-03-04 |
| 9405. | Gero Ho (gero123) | 91.19 | 98% | 2024-01-03 |
| 9406. | Roman (roman555) | 91.19 | 98% | 2022-04-26 |
| 9407. | yj (yjsnpi) | 91.19 | 90% | 2015-09-24 |
| 9408. | Scan (scherzo) | 91.19 | 98% | 2013-08-27 |
| 9409. | alex (kamer) | 91.19 | 98% | 2015-04-04 |
| 9410. | Jerry (jerry_) | 91.19 | 98% | 2011-09-23 |
| 9411. | Norm4ndy (bignigaaaaa) | 91.18 | 98% | 2024-07-18 |
| 9412. | joe (jnutttzzz) | 91.18 | 98% | 2016-07-07 |
| 9413. | Tyler (pixel_ty) | 91.18 | 98% | 2016-06-17 |
| 9414. | Jia (jialak) | 91.18 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
| 9415. | (eikig) | 91.18 | 96% | 2014-02-17 |
| 9416. | Stephen (kungszehon) | 91.18 | 97% | 2017-11-06 |
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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 |