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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42392. | Demader (demader) | 40.64 | 96% | 2014-10-03 |
| 42393. | caotang (caotangxm) | 40.59 | — | 2010-07-15 |
| 42394. | hearty (paspastype) | 40.53 | — | 2010-06-11 |
| 42395. | ly (chealy) | 40.51 | — | 2010-12-03 |
| 42396. | Pratham (pratham522) | 40.50 | 94% | 2023-05-18 |
| 42397. | imran dhola jhang (imransahen) | 40.50 | 91% | 2014-04-08 |
| 42398. | Mytivile (mytivile) | 40.44 | 94.4% | 2025-02-10 |
| 42399. | 速度娘 (doleung) | 40.44 | 91% | 2017-03-09 |
| 42400. | Jacob (fluxs) | 40.42 | 96% | 2024-04-18 |
| 42401. | Mary (maria_maria12) | 40.42 | 96.4% | 2023-12-31 |
| 42402. | Kesley (bathqueen_) | 40.41 | 94% | 2024-04-27 |
| 42403. | bella hadid (be11ahad1d) | 40.40 | 96% | 2024-11-11 |
| 42404. | Saqirm (saqirmdev) | 40.40 | 91% | 2016-01-04 |
| 42405. | sum (kingofking102) | 40.37 | 88% | 2012-08-04 |
| 42406. | Maxwyat (maxwyat) | 40.36 | 92% | 2024-10-11 |
| 42407. | Pyro (pyroit) | 40.36 | 96.7% | 2021-02-17 |
| 42408. | OnmywaytoZION (onmywayto_zion) | 40.35 | 95% | 2023-11-20 |
| 42409. | Raghav (raghavg) | 40.35 | 94% | 2017-10-18 |
| 42410. | Martin (lachupakabra) | 40.34 | 94% | 2015-09-28 |
| 42411. | issam assiyadi (iassiyadi) | 40.32 | 93% | 2025-01-09 |
| 42412. | Diana (hisprincessdiana) | 40.32 | 80% | 2012-01-25 |
| 42413. | Jweel (jweel_kar) | 40.30 | 96% | 2021-04-22 |
| 42414. | End of the World (orxjl) | 40.29 | 96.1% | 2024-06-03 |
| 42415. | Neeraj (neeraj5699) | 40.28 | 95% | 2024-03-08 |
| 42416. | evans (yuen1204) | 40.26 | 91% | 2012-12-27 |
| 42417. | Donovan (corporalatom) | 40.25 | 94% | 2024-06-01 |
| 42418. | kaci (kacilush) | 40.24 | 96% | 2021-02-18 |
| 42419. | N3tworkKC (n3tworkkc) | 40.23 | 95.4% | 2024-09-18 |
| 42420. | jay (jaybenitez) | 40.20 | 88% | 2012-04-26 |
| 42421. | dingmadder (dingmadder) | 40.17 | 97% | 2024-08-09 |
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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 |