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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41824. | Anshu (imanshu822) | 53.99 | 95.9% | 2024-02-11 |
| 41825. | Kim (kwaldner) | 53.99 | 96.5% | 2024-05-01 |
| 41826. | Happy (happyii) | 53.98 | 95% | 2025-07-25 |
| 41827. | Ben (bher76) | 53.98 | 92% | 2015-11-25 |
| 41828. | gobbo (gobbo) | 53.98 | 96% | 2024-05-14 |
| 41829. | Megan (blader16940) | 53.98 | 97% | 2024-01-21 |
| 41830. | Daniel (dantheman5) | 53.98 | 94.4% | 2024-12-28 |
| 41831. | THe Blob (the_blob) | 53.98 | 96.4% | 2023-11-17 |
| 41832. | george (biggroge) | 53.98 | 94% | 2021-03-03 |
| 41833. | kylez (kylezft) | 53.97 | 95% | 2024-05-14 |
| 41834. | Aleksandar (virage94) | 53.97 | 94% | 2021-11-04 |
| 41835. | .l. ^_^ .l. (getrekt) | 53.97 | 94% | 2014-05-08 |
| 41836. | Giovanni (qwertyg01) | 53.97 | 94.7% | 2021-02-17 |
| 41837. | ralph (realityloser) | 53.97 | 97% | 2017-11-12 |
| 41838. | probe (typingmaster2987) | 53.97 | 97% | 2015-11-23 |
| 41839. | Sunena (incia2210) | 53.97 | 95% | 2016-07-08 |
| 41840. | Kwame Dako (theadrenalinefi... | 53.96 | 96% | 2025-02-11 |
| 41841. | Miraclestars (miraclestars) | 53.96 | 95% | 2024-05-13 |
| 41842. | Michael (michael2025) | 53.96 | 95% | 2024-12-23 |
| 41843. | Sho (sho_mee) | 53.96 | 98% | 2019-07-23 |
| 41844. | Andy (tohrumi) | 53.96 | 97% | 2025-02-04 |
| 41845. | Diony (diony) | 53.96 | 96% | 2015-02-09 |
| 41846. | oogabooga (ooggaboogga) | 53.95 | 97% | 2025-05-06 |
| 41847. | Dikshant (bro_hashtag) | 53.95 | 94% | 2023-06-17 |
| 41848. | Philip (tomefasterthansitko) | 53.95 | 96% | 2025-05-28 |
| 41849. | NoThisIsElijah (elijah990) | 53.95 | 95.4% | 2024-09-14 |
| 41850. | Hendry (inihendry) | 53.95 | 95.9% | 2023-11-19 |
| 41851. | Louis (louislam) | 53.95 | 96% | 2012-07-06 |
| 41852. | hello (hello4848) | 53.94 | 93.3% | 2025-01-01 |
| 41853. | Avri (avriden) | 53.94 | 98% | 2024-04-17 |
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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 |