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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16847. | nick chat : (giang_vn) | 80.52 | 96% | 2011-09-24 |
| 16848. | Patrick (pstarr) | 80.52 | 96% | 2015-12-01 |
| 16849. | Ella (itypefasterthanyou10) | 80.52 | 96% | 2020-11-10 |
| 16850. | pocztowka1 (pocztowka1) | 80.51 | 95.6% | 2025-03-30 |
| 16851. | noam15A (noam15a) | 80.51 | 99% | 2024-10-24 |
| 16852. | Debojoti Das (debojoti_soumya) | 80.51 | 98% | 2021-09-28 |
| 16853. | tyler (nekoracer) | 80.51 | 97% | 2022-07-11 |
| 16854. | Justin (jjallday13) | 80.51 | 90% | 2014-04-14 |
| 16855. | Sam (gates250) | 80.51 | 96.7% | 2023-12-13 |
| 16856. | Kevin (kevin41714) | 80.50 | 99% | 2021-11-01 |
| 16857. | sako (zzzxxx) | 80.50 | 97% | 2025-05-28 |
| 16858. | Neel (neel19) | 80.50 | 96% | 2020-07-14 |
| 16859. | vamsi (vamsivadrevu) | 80.50 | 97% | 2013-07-11 |
| 16860. | EraZorX (erazorx) | 80.50 | 99% | 2014-12-16 |
| 16861. | Zachary (sk8erbo1) | 80.50 | 95% | 2017-10-01 |
| 16862. | Jordan (stumbledore) | 80.50 | 96% | 2012-01-24 |
| 16863. | hhkb (hhkbpro2) | 80.49 | 99% | 2025-07-13 |
| 16864. | Marvin (marvxxx) | 80.49 | 98% | 2024-09-09 |
| 16865. | Ceilingfanswitch (ceilingfa... | 80.49 | 95% | 2024-08-01 |
| 16866. | Jack______ (jack_____________) | 80.49 | 97% | 2018-11-22 |
| 16867. | jmzg (jmzg) | 80.49 | 95% | 2022-01-24 |
| 16868. | Thai (despotron) | 80.49 | 96% | 2021-05-23 |
| 16869. | Henry (flexion) | 80.48 | 98% | 2021-03-22 |
| 16870. | Sylvaine (sylvaine) | 80.48 | 96% | 2023-01-10 |
| 16871. | mamser (mamser01) | 80.48 | 97.7% | 2023-09-18 |
| 16872. | Matt (mattclowns) | 80.48 | 94% | 2016-07-22 |
| 16873. | Dai (daimarco11) | 80.48 | 97.1% | 2024-08-18 |
| 16874. | testsubject (shamushasha) | 80.48 | 95% | 2022-09-30 |
| 16875. | Angelo (im_quasar) | 80.48 | 97% | 2025-02-09 |
| 16876. | Max (maexxx) | 80.48 | 98% | 2021-05-10 |
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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 |