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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| 12296. | Gerben05 (gerbenklapwijk) | 86.56 | 98.8% | 2023-11-06 |
| 12297. | blob (blobery) | 86.56 | 96.8% | 2024-07-08 |
| 12298. | toki (kizunajemini2205) | 86.56 | 97% | 2021-02-24 |
| 12299. | Someone (someonetyping) | 86.55 | 99% | 2021-01-13 |
| 12300. | Dara (adoran) | 86.55 | 98% | 2023-02-10 |
| 12301. | PKRZ Bright Red Hats (doesi... | 86.55 | 95% | 2016-07-20 |
| 12302. | Adas (auganov) | 86.55 | 97% | 2016-02-19 |
| 12303. | Jeffrey (jsb9942) | 86.55 | 93% | 2017-01-10 |
| 12304. | Basil (bess_3) | 86.54 | 97% | 2024-10-23 |
| 12305. | Brian (crapfish) | 86.54 | 97% | 2016-05-12 |
| 12306. | Ben (tacosnak) | 86.54 | 95% | 2016-05-04 |
| 12307. | Ami (amivu) | 86.54 | — | 2010-10-18 |
| 12308. | trut (trut) | 86.54 | 98% | 2022-02-03 |
| 12309. | Miroslav (__mirdaa) | 86.54 | 98% | 2020-12-26 |
| 12310. | Bryant (arcadeshift) | 86.54 | 93% | 2016-04-28 |
| 12311. | Dons (dinar) | 86.54 | 97% | 2018-03-05 |
| 12312. | ShoTheYokai (shotheyokai) | 86.53 | 96% | 2024-11-13 |
| 12313. | Thatness (thatness) | 86.53 | 94% | 2021-10-22 |
| 12314. | Anthony S. (anthonyjshuey) | 86.53 | 98% | 2021-11-11 |
| 12315. | Bodhi$attiva (ptran) | 86.53 | 98% | 2018-10-15 |
| 12316. | Boris (bb667) | 86.53 | 96% | 2020-05-23 |
| 12317. | twitch.tv/stealthassault7 (... | 86.53 | 95% | 2017-03-30 |
| 12318. | Zanahoria (zanahoria5) | 86.52 | 98% | 2025-03-04 |
| 12319. | Vinicius (viniciusnm_500) | 86.52 | 96% | 2024-05-16 |
| 12320. | ComputerEasy (computereasy) | 86.52 | 98.1% | 2024-10-14 |
| 12321. | Said (saidenhide) | 86.52 | 97.9% | 2023-07-03 |
| 12322. | Douglas (lasdoug) | 86.52 | 96% | 2018-03-30 |
| 12323. | auden (abu898) | 86.51 | 97% | 2024-12-08 |
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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 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |