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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| 5420. | Hein (lihuasteel) | 101.45 | 97% | 2020-07-14 |
| 5421. | Lana (deliberatepractice) | 101.45 | 99% | 2018-08-18 |
| 5422. | James (soafe) | 101.45 | 98% | 2011-05-11 |
| 5423. | plants (_plants) | 101.45 | 98% | 2024-06-13 |
| 5424. | Smileymon (smileymon) | 101.44 | 97.4% | 2023-12-28 |
| 5425. | Jake (kaliace) | 101.44 | 94% | 2016-03-04 |
| 5426. | Katie (zhangalang) | 101.43 | 96% | 2014-09-18 |
| 5427. | Jayden (ducktraining) | 101.43 | 98.2% | 2023-11-26 |
| 5428. | SoonerDisciple (soonerdisci... | 101.43 | — | 2010-08-10 |
| 5429. | Darwin (dwaxe) | 101.43 | 99% | 2011-07-13 |
| 5430. | N o y b (jet1k) | 101.42 | 98% | 2021-11-13 |
| 5431. | ashley (kodak023) | 101.42 | 98.6% | 2021-02-04 |
| 5432. | Vinicius (vknoguti) | 101.42 | 97% | 2020-05-11 |
| 5433. | PAID ISRAEL (dnatrixene135) | 101.42 | 93% | 2017-04-27 |
| 5434. | no (billyshakesfan1) | 101.41 | 99% | 2024-05-17 |
| 5435. | Beige (beigedaddy) | 101.41 | 98% | 2023-03-17 |
| 5436. | Huy (weee333) | 101.40 | 97% | 2025-04-12 |
| 5437. | Copernicus (copernicsus) | 101.40 | 97% | 2022-10-10 |
| 5438. | Kiva (kivattt) | 101.40 | 97% | 2024-12-15 |
| 5439. | James (defused) | 101.40 | 95% | 2012-01-17 |
| 5440. | you (gotten) | 101.39 | 97% | 2025-04-30 |
| 5441. | asdf (shrug) | 101.39 | 97% | 2011-11-07 |
| 5442. | Mark (markadsp_2) | 101.38 | 98% | 2022-05-22 |
| 5443. | Katarina (katastrophiic) | 101.38 | 97% | 2021-03-01 |
| 5444. | Vinh (vista32493) | 101.38 | 99.3% | 2024-01-26 |
| 5445. | Parker (lordbroseidon) | 101.37 | 92% | 2012-10-17 |
| 5446. | anon (drtroywork) | 101.37 | 96% | 2014-11-30 |
| 5447. | Kevin (lin6625) | 101.37 | 99% | 2018-09-01 |
| 5448. | alpha (alphawoman) | 101.36 | 98% | 2022-09-12 |
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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 |