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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31946. | Zack (zackieboi123) | 64.00 | 96% | 2019-05-06 |
| 31947. | Schtolteheim (schtolteheim) | 64.00 | 94% | 2011-09-20 |
| 31948. | csirke (maxicsirke) | 64.00 | 91% | 2016-12-10 |
| 31949. | Murker90 (qwertypad) | 64.00 | — | 2010-10-18 |
| 31950. | Love (nicklove) | 64.00 | 95% | 2014-07-21 |
| 31951. | some day (hatia_34534234) | 63.99 | 95.3% | 2024-12-21 |
| 31952. | VenkatNaryan (venkatttwenty) | 63.99 | 93% | 2022-11-06 |
| 31953. | Emmanuel (esamics) | 63.99 | 91% | 2012-09-27 |
| 31954. | EZ400ty (ez4tytho) | 63.99 | 96% | 2023-11-18 |
| 31955. | BennyLou (bennylou131) | 63.99 | 96% | 2024-11-27 |
| 31956. | purplecat (iceee7) | 63.99 | 97.1% | 2023-11-22 |
| 31957. | Kai (asianvirgin) | 63.99 | 96% | 2021-03-26 |
| 31958. | Shrav (shravstars15) | 63.99 | 98% | 2021-04-30 |
| 31959. | Eiji (eiji_ok) | 63.99 | 95% | 2012-09-03 |
| 31960. | Spindel (spindelhalla) | 63.99 | 95% | 2016-07-04 |
| 31961. | Jam (jamlovesham) | 63.99 | 91% | 2014-02-05 |
| 31962. | Art (art_tour) | 63.98 | 96% | 2012-07-05 |
| 31963. | Russell (russ_racer) | 63.98 | 97.8% | 2024-11-17 |
| 31964. | PieceOfSheet (piece_of_sheet) | 63.98 | 97% | 2024-11-20 |
| 31965. | awfulatthis (awfulatthis) | 63.98 | 98% | 2024-02-29 |
| 31966. | Ben (bens445) | 63.98 | 100% | 2021-03-26 |
| 31967. | Sam (shwestrick) | 63.98 | 96% | 2015-07-28 |
| 31968. | Syed Sheraz (syedsherazarshad) | 63.98 | 96.7% | 2023-12-21 |
| 31969. | ok (laggyfeetshake123) | 63.98 | 90% | 2015-06-19 |
| 31970. | RIP Byron ❤ (pdnegreiros) | 63.98 | 89% | 2016-03-19 |
| 31971. | Greg (xpec824) | 63.98 | — | 2010-11-17 |
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| 31973. | Wesley (wesabbal32) | 63.98 | 97% | 2016-03-16 |
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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 |