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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| 29197. | Aima Baig Lover (ashish_y) | 66.69 | 96.1% | 2025-03-03 |
| 29198. | Naveen (coolnaveen90) | 66.69 | — | 2010-06-27 |
| 29199. | ShiftHappens (ctrl_alt_deluxe) | 66.68 | 98.3% | 2025-05-11 |
| 29200. | p (funkyp98) | 66.68 | 97% | 2025-06-02 |
| 29201. | Modern (modernc) | 66.68 | 95% | 2024-02-21 |
| 29202. | kaleigh (kaleighm321) | 66.68 | 96.6% | 2023-12-14 |
| 29203. | ksanomis (ksanomis) | 66.68 | 97% | 2025-05-30 |
| 29204. | Rajesh HIndustani (amanrajr... | 66.68 | 97% | 2024-05-20 |
| 29205. | dekstar123 (cavemaan) | 66.68 | 96.9% | 2023-12-07 |
| 29206. | sonicboom (sonicboomie) | 66.68 | 99% | 2025-06-25 |
| 29207. | Nahema (nahema) | 66.68 | 96.5% | 2021-02-13 |
| 29208. | Bonez (lt_bonez) | 66.68 | 97% | 2018-08-27 |
| 29209. | Not (notpeo) | 66.68 | 94% | 2013-05-29 |
| 29210. | arnav (trahimam) | 66.67 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 29211. | jacqueline (jjbj) | 66.67 | 98% | 2011-10-02 |
| 29212. | harsh (hrshrj) | 66.67 | 93% | 2016-03-11 |
| 29213. | brot (brots) | 66.66 | 97% | 2025-02-06 |
| 29214. | Jadin (longcat192) | 66.66 | 93% | 2025-04-04 |
| 29215. | Alejandra (alejandra713) | 66.66 | 98.1% | 2025-02-27 |
| 29216. | LaurBidon (laurbidon) | 66.66 | 97% | 2025-02-22 |
| 29217. | Junior (jp509) | 66.66 | 98% | 2024-11-24 |
| 29218. | thoust (thoust) | 66.66 | 95.1% | 2025-02-05 |
| 29219. | Zerka (crazy_zerka) | 66.66 | 95% | 2024-08-30 |
| 29220. | roy zhang (nrejne) | 66.66 | 95% | 2024-08-09 |
| 29221. | samuel (theunclesam12) | 66.66 | 97% | 2014-02-19 |
| 29222. | Sweaterweather (19dose19) | 66.66 | 96% | 2024-11-10 |
| 29223. | James (lenny_mess) | 66.66 | 95% | 2022-03-17 |
| 29224. | Nairwick (nairwick) | 66.66 | 97% | 2022-06-17 |
| 29225. | Marcus (mckhaann) | 66.66 | 95% | 2021-01-17 |
| 29226. | ammbot (ammbot) | 66.66 | 92% | 2014-03-14 |
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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 |