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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20649. | tstats[teetot] (teetot) | 75.62 | 95.6% | 2024-05-29 |
| 20650. | Sake (sake69) | 75.62 | 99.3% | 2024-11-27 |
| 20651. | Jackie (jackielochung) | 75.62 | 93% | 2011-12-06 |
| 20652. | Argon (argon273) | 75.62 | 96% | 2019-06-26 |
| 20653. | Matt (mattdarich) | 75.62 | 95% | 2016-07-14 |
| 20654. | twitch.tv/trafficxxx (aly199) | 75.62 | 97% | 2015-02-17 |
| 20655. | Jony (jonytypes) | 75.61 | 98% | 2025-01-28 |
| 20656. | salter (salty_salter) | 75.61 | 93% | 2025-02-13 |
| 20657. | LeggoMyEggo84 (leggomyeggo84) | 75.61 | 96% | 2024-04-27 |
| 20658. | Farmer Jo (farmer_jo) | 75.61 | 99% | 2024-03-12 |
| 20659. | Yoobis (soggy_toggy) | 75.61 | 98% | 2020-08-27 |
| 20660. | Andres (defmaxer) | 75.61 | 97% | 2022-01-11 |
| 20661. | Benski (bmar6878) | 75.61 | 97% | 2022-09-11 |
| 20662. | AwesomeMe (grandmasterabc) | 75.61 | 97% | 2024-05-22 |
| 20663. | Doubled (doubledtype) | 75.61 | 95.8% | 2021-02-04 |
| 20664. | â™ Homer (pimpelkram) | 75.61 | 98% | 2014-07-02 |
| 20665. | hhkb (hhkbpro2) | 75.60 | 98.6% | 2024-09-19 |
| 20666. | Elle (ellieeeee) | 75.60 | 99.3% | 2024-03-22 |
| 20667. | Hugo (paulz_420) | 75.60 | 96.8% | 2024-09-27 |
| 20668. | Arslan (arslan993) | 75.60 | 96% | 2023-12-01 |
| 20669. | bitter (bitterebb) | 75.60 | 96% | 2024-09-28 |
| 20670. | Rafael (grieve) | 75.60 | 94% | 2020-12-22 |
| 20671. | linkai (linkaixd) | 75.60 | 96% | 2021-04-19 |
| 20672. | haniel monki (ivious) | 75.60 | 93.4% | 2024-08-18 |
| 20673. | WELLINGTON (luissluis202) | 75.59 | 96% | 2021-07-21 |
| 20674. | Vijay (vijayrao1988) | 75.59 | 97% | 2020-07-11 |
| 20675. | Potato (misterpotatofat) | 75.59 | 93.2% | 2024-05-09 |
| 20676. | matej (mb333) | 75.59 | 97.7% | 2024-08-28 |
| 20677. | bubbletea (bubbleteae) | 75.59 | 97% | 2024-06-13 |
| 20678. | N (2nd_19) | 75.59 | 98.6% | 2024-01-09 |
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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 |