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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6494. | Nicole (nokmit27) | 98.07 | 95% | 2012-12-08 |
| 6495. | Petri (pndragon) | 98.07 | 98% | 2014-04-19 |
| 6496. | Willie Loyd (neverfall) | 98.07 | 96% | 2011-05-21 |
| 6497. | Justin (justinngordon) | 98.07 | 98% | 2014-01-03 |
| 6498. | A (dicktucker) | 98.06 | 97% | 2021-11-13 |
| 6499. | Uncreative (uncreatively) | 98.06 | 97% | 2013-07-04 |
| 6500. | Shalaquida (shalaquida) | 98.06 | 98% | 2017-04-23 |
| 6501. | Ron (ronnyron) | 98.06 | 96% | 2015-06-22 |
| 6502. | aasd (mudd0000) | 98.06 | 91% | 2013-10-14 |
| 6503. | sri (sree205) | 98.05 | 98% | 2022-06-16 |
| 6504. | Johann (slugvibes) | 98.05 | 98% | 2023-07-25 |
| 6505. | anjumaaa (zenda254) | 98.05 | 98% | 2022-12-30 |
| 6506. | Zachary (spottedelefant) | 98.05 | 98% | 2025-01-28 |
| 6507. | Cynthia (shinshiaki) | 98.05 | 96.7% | 2021-02-28 |
| 6508. | Alvaro (politapiag) | 98.05 | 98% | 2019-07-02 |
| 6509. | Eleni (blossomhelen) | 98.05 | 98% | 2017-06-18 |
| 6510. | Jelly (heroicmike) | 98.04 | 98% | 2022-05-19 |
| 6511. | Hare Krishna (vchhabra33) | 98.04 | 98% | 2023-03-10 |
| 6512. | Yellow (siunam963) | 98.04 | 97.9% | 2024-02-01 |
| 6513. | Matt (t0035) | 98.04 | — | 2011-03-17 |
| 6514. | Tango (tangoreborn) | 98.03 | 97% | 2023-08-19 |
| 6515. | Pops (pops_1233) | 98.03 | 98.6% | 2023-11-09 |
| 6516. | dave (noonzz) | 98.03 | 94% | 2016-04-12 |
| 6517. | Matthew (mathyew) | 98.03 | 98% | 2018-10-13 |
| 6518. | Gagan (gagan18) | 98.03 | 97% | 2022-12-16 |
| 6519. | tstats[inbredturtle] (inbre... | 98.03 | 97% | 2021-10-29 |
| 6520. | learn corne (tomgroenwoldt) | 98.03 | 98% | 2023-06-10 |
| 6521. | Special (rxbaker) | 98.03 | 95% | 2013-04-26 |
| 6522. | Ryan (upperdecker) | 98.02 | 99% | 2024-08-20 |
| 6523. | pv. (randomuser0007) | 98.02 | 98% | 2024-09-22 |
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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 |