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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22651. | John (ntisco) | 73.22 | 97% | 2024-08-25 |
22652. | Humongous6065 (humongous6065) | 73.22 | 96% | 2024-02-20 |
22653. | John Doe (slippysam) | 73.22 | 97% | 2023-11-15 |
22654. | Le Roux (meneerotterkopx2) | 73.22 | 97% | 2024-07-06 |
22655. | Quinlan (deval) | 73.22 | 94% | 2011-08-11 |
22656. | Karol (krl8456) | 73.21 | 97.9% | 2025-04-09 |
22657. | Jan Avery (sewee) | 73.21 | 96.2% | 2024-08-31 |
22658. | Jake (captainperalta) | 73.21 | 94% | 2024-10-22 |
22659. | Andrew (yungror) | 73.21 | 95.9% | 2024-07-04 |
22660. | JMK (jmk_x) | 73.21 | 99% | 2025-01-28 |
22661. | Kippler (kippler1827) | 73.21 | 95% | 2022-07-14 |
22662. | builderdogalt (builderdogalt) | 73.20 | 96.7% | 2025-02-13 |
22663. | Dhyaneshwaran (dhyani1919) | 73.20 | 97% | 2024-03-13 |
22664. | Hoang (hoangthien2003) | 73.20 | 95% | 2024-10-01 |
22665. | emily (picklehorse) | 73.20 | 96% | 2022-03-03 |
22666. | Martin (rykarn) | 73.20 | 96% | 2014-12-05 |
22667. | Meow (meow777777) | 73.19 | 98% | 2024-08-03 |
22668. | Angelo (fatedfons) | 73.19 | 96% | 2024-10-08 |
22669. | fwiichigo (fwiichigo) | 73.19 | 95% | 2023-12-27 |
22670. | mikeeeee (typintypist) | 73.19 | 95.1% | 2023-11-30 |
22671. | Keisuke (kkishi) | 73.19 | 97% | 2020-12-22 |
22672. | Dawn (dawndawndawn) | 73.19 | 94% | 2011-06-02 |
22673. | Tushchi Rocket (tushchi) | 73.19 | — | 2011-02-25 |
22674. | Vi (anne777) | 73.19 | — | 2010-10-03 |
22675. | lolofast (lolofast) | 73.18 | 95.5% | 2024-07-11 |
22676. | han (stuckinatimezone) | 73.18 | 97% | 2022-03-09 |
22677. | Atif (atif_zaheer) | 73.18 | 95% | 2021-04-29 |
22678. | Roshan (roshan_) | 73.18 | 96% | 2022-03-08 |
22679. | matheus (matheus_manchester) | 73.18 | — | 2010-06-23 |
22680. | SuckIT (siddhant.alok@gmail... | 73.18 | 94% | 2011-09-07 |
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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 |