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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| 18131. | Michael (mrk0508) | 79.29 | 98% | 2021-04-22 |
| 18132. | Paul (uypaulll) | 79.29 | 99% | 2025-05-24 |
| 18133. | mercy (mercy_13) | 79.29 | 96.1% | 2024-08-06 |
| 18134. | travdong (travdong) | 79.29 | 96.7% | 2024-02-23 |
| 18135. | Alyssa (clarrissa) | 79.29 | 97% | 2018-08-11 |
| 18136. | Maria (mariaotonashi) | 79.29 | 96% | 2017-08-29 |
| 18137. | Ozan (tozz) | 79.29 | — | 2011-02-01 |
| 18138. | Aurel (au2001) | 79.28 | 97% | 2024-07-18 |
| 18139. | Andrew (deepcorn) | 79.28 | 99% | 2025-02-26 |
| 18140. | Jiawei (jiawei2468) | 79.28 | 96% | 2025-02-09 |
| 18141. | hr (hereticalrants) | 79.28 | 99% | 2015-07-29 |
| 18142. | Omar (nsm_omar) | 79.28 | 98% | 2023-03-20 |
| 18143. | Kyn (kin2307) | 79.28 | 97% | 2022-02-20 |
| 18144. | Danger Dave (dangerdave85) | 79.28 | 96% | 2021-12-18 |
| 18145. | Jacob (chopmo) | 79.28 | 98% | 2013-07-04 |
| 18146. | Adam (admeyer73) | 79.28 | 99% | 2013-08-05 |
| 18147. | Foelix (sp4cebar777) | 79.27 | 97.1% | 2025-03-18 |
| 18148. | Anthony (rockslicer91) | 79.27 | 97.4% | 2025-03-12 |
| 18149. | Carl (cvmeyer) | 79.27 | 97% | 2023-03-06 |
| 18150. | Ayuxh (raix29) | 79.27 | 97.5% | 2024-10-15 |
| 18151. | Myles (myles_morris) | 79.27 | 98% | 2021-08-27 |
| 18152. | Numsi (numsi) | 79.27 | 95% | 2012-01-03 |
| 18153. | Speed (tocdolaspeed) | 79.26 | 98% | 2024-04-03 |
| 18154. | orgilmunh (orgilmunh) | 79.26 | 95.3% | 2024-01-09 |
| 18155. | Colin (nilocd) | 79.26 | 97% | 2021-05-25 |
| 18156. | Matt (flyingredturtle) | 79.26 | 96% | 2013-02-11 |
| 18157. | Fletcher (chowmeinx) | 79.26 | 97% | 2016-08-23 |
| 18158. | Frank (frankcookiv) | 79.25 | 98% | 2024-03-14 |
| 18159. | Jake (jakesk) | 79.25 | 95% | 2021-01-09 |
| 18160. | PartyMonke (saypartymonkeyki) | 79.25 | 97.1% | 2023-12-15 |
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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 |