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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| 23265. | Liz (lizil03) | 72.65 | 98% | 2021-07-27 |
| 23266. | Bubu (bubshr) | 72.65 | 97% | 2024-04-30 |
| 23267. | Abdulrahman Al Muaitah (ahi... | 72.65 | 97% | 2024-02-15 |
| 23268. | DzNutz (butter_deez_nuts) | 72.65 | 96% | 2024-01-11 |
| 23269. | Evilx (evilx111) | 72.65 | 95.8% | 2023-11-15 |
| 23270. | sora (shisora) | 72.65 | 95% | 2020-12-26 |
| 23271. | Grace (lilyruby_7192) | 72.65 | 95% | 2012-07-18 |
| 23272. | Anh (anhmv) | 72.65 | 98% | 2017-07-13 |
| 23273. | Rat Lord (ratlord0228) | 72.64 | 96.1% | 2024-06-19 |
| 23274. | kxxpa (kxxpa) | 72.64 | 96% | 2024-12-16 |
| 23275. | Tareque Hasan (tahsin24) | 72.64 | 97.9% | 2023-11-29 |
| 23276. | Sam (naeiur) | 72.64 | 97% | 2024-06-23 |
| 23277. | 8172 (buttmynut) | 72.64 | 97% | 2024-03-03 |
| 23278. | BASIL (basilps123) | 72.64 | 97% | 2021-03-22 |
| 23279. | Zeff (itszeff) | 72.64 | 95% | 2020-08-24 |
| 23280. | Shiwei (dsw260) | 72.64 | 97% | 2017-06-19 |
| 23281. | ratpace (ratpace) | 72.63 | 96% | 2025-01-08 |
| 23282. | sim (simbul) | 72.63 | 100% | 2024-09-27 |
| 23283. | Joe (joe08) | 72.63 | 98% | 2024-05-16 |
| 23284. | King_DuckZ (king_duckz) | 72.63 | 99% | 2024-09-09 |
| 23285. | kamalesan (kamalesan) | 72.63 | 98% | 2022-11-27 |
| 23286. | Fredo (eternalsunshineofspo... | 72.63 | 97.9% | 2023-08-15 |
| 23287. | James (spoteert1) | 72.63 | 92.3% | 2021-02-28 |
| 23288. | Gotta Go Fast (sporter811) | 72.63 | 96% | 2017-08-16 |
| 23289. | Svik (mdf288) | 72.63 | 97% | 2015-10-04 |
| 23290. | nguyen ngoc hoa (embeheo) | 72.63 | 96% | 2013-08-24 |
| 23291. | amule (amulelernen) | 72.63 | 97% | 2017-06-26 |
| 23292. | John (ismokedabuddha) | 72.63 | 94% | 2012-05-20 |
| 23293. | Fury (sponsoredbyvisa) | 72.62 | 97.9% | 2025-01-02 |
| 23294. | cooltyper (cooltyper321) | 72.62 | 96% | 2024-09-09 |
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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 |