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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| 224. | asdf (intheoryno) | 146.68 | 99% | 2024-06-30 |
| 225. | Ern (erniechiew) | 146.63 | 98% | 2016-12-30 |
| 226. | yearning for the stream, in... | 146.55 | 98.8% | 2024-07-08 |
| 227. | KatnissPrim (katnissprim) | 146.43 | 99% | 2012-05-21 |
| 228. | (mononym_jisoo) | 146.37 | 97.8% | 2024-01-30 |
| 229. | (bummered) | 146.35 | 98.6% | 2025-05-08 |
| 230. | (ivlu) | 146.31 | 98.8% | 2024-04-05 |
| 231. | (altrocality) | 146.28 | 99.3% | 2025-02-21 |
| 232. | real (realscav) | 146.03 | 99.5% | 2023-10-05 |
| 233. | (jesterc) | 145.93 | 99% | 2023-02-05 |
| 234. | Alex (aleun) | 145.93 | — | 2010-08-10 |
| 235. | sigma ohio hotmama nq (cool... | 145.90 | 98.3% | 2024-04-13 |
| 236. | Dowon (dowon) | 145.88 | 100% | 2019-01-29 |
| 237. | (adma) | 145.84 | 97% | 2020-06-16 |
| 238. | Noom (noomo) | 145.84 | 99% | 2018-09-01 |
| 239. | Jesse (lookitsjess) | 145.80 | — | 2010-06-22 |
| 240. | Byron (reckful) | 145.57 | 99% | 2012-09-30 |
| 241. | Brian (briann) | 145.56 | 100% | 2012-10-17 |
| 242. | run thru the finish line (p... | 145.51 | 97% | 2015-05-14 |
| 243. | ashton (ashesze) | 145.47 | 97.8% | 2024-11-24 |
| 244. | tstats[sglavacreeper] (sgla... | 145.32 | 99% | 2022-06-20 |
| 245. | Hirokal (andy5692) | 145.24 | 100% | 2022-05-27 |
| 246. | Lucas (hungie) | 145.11 | 99% | 2022-11-15 |
| 247. | erakai (erakai) | 145.08 | 97.8% | 2024-01-18 |
| 248. | Limeoats (limeoats) | 144.97 | 100% | 2022-12-31 |
| 249. | So you have chosen DEATH (m... | 144.95 | 99% | 2020-10-18 |
| 250. | tir4misu (tir4misu) | 144.94 | 98% | 2025-06-06 |
| 251. | Blake (deesblake) | 144.94 | 97% | 2011-07-26 |
| 252. | JImmy Johnson (chefcury30) | 144.89 | 97.9% | 2024-12-17 |
| 253. | Ronnie (allyosaugh) | 144.89 | 98.6% | 2024-08-21 |
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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 |