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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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44454. | The_coder (python_coder) | 39.50 | 92% | 2020-11-05 |
| 44455. | AnasElwkel (anaselwkel) | 39.49 | 94.1% | 2024-10-17 |
| 44456. | Egan (jokerstatus) | 39.48 | 84% | 2012-10-24 |
| 44457. | Ella (puppieb) | 39.47 | 94% | 2017-12-03 |
| 44458. | preeti (preetimt) | 39.45 | 95.1% | 2025-03-27 |
| 44459. | silje riis (silje_riis19) | 39.38 | 93.9% | 2024-05-23 |
| 44460. | Stoic (st_happiness) | 39.37 | 94% | 2024-09-26 |
| 44461. | tortoise (tortoise000) | 39.37 | 95% | 2024-08-13 |
| 44462. | Irtiza (tizababy) | 39.35 | 95% | 2020-12-28 |
| 44463. | Bekhzod (bekhzod) | 39.35 | 94% | 2021-03-30 |
| 44464. | matter (proazwriath) | 39.34 | 94.1% | 2025-02-01 |
| 44465. | Kevin (kevin_reynaldo) | 39.34 | 90% | 2016-05-03 |
| 44466. | sunny (sunnymilan) | 39.31 | 93% | 2024-07-19 |
| 44467. | Nhat (mn2brightsun) | 39.31 | 89% | 2011-06-05 |
| 44468. | Kundan (kundangiri) | 39.30 | 94% | 2024-08-01 |
| 44469. | Theonekurt (theonekurt) | 39.24 | 94% | 2021-05-12 |
| 44470. | Linda (lsnyder) | 39.14 | — | 2010-09-22 |
| 44471. | new (newbie777) | 39.13 | — | 2010-11-09 |
| 44472. | ᗜ (stenick) | 39.12 | 92% | 2018-07-15 |
| 44473. | Laurenzo (laurenzoo) | 39.09 | 92% | 2021-03-09 |
| 44474. | Skywolf (heheskywolf) | 39.07 | 92% | 2020-05-03 |
| 44475. | Shinagi (shinagi) | 39.06 | 93.9% | 2023-12-10 |
| 44476. | Marcus (marcusteo2) | 39.05 | 95% | 2021-03-09 |
| 44477. | weldon (welison) | 39.02 | 95% | 2021-02-28 |
| 44478. | Khwaja (waqaskhwaja7624) | 38.99 | 95% | 2024-02-25 |
| 44479. | Ghazanfar (ghazanfar6121) | 38.95 | 92% | 2015-10-10 |
| 44480. | Cody (thesaltyviking) | 38.92 | 96% | 2020-04-29 |
| 44481. | Zubair (zubidoobi) | 38.91 | 88% | 2014-03-26 |
| 44482. | Ron (ronzar12) | 38.87 | 94% | 2025-05-25 |
| 44483. | frank (2ndchoice) | 38.87 | 93% | 2020-08-28 |
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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 |