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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12541. | Iswizzle (swizzle123) | 86.15 | 97.1% | 2024-08-21 |
| 12542. | farouk pavok (pavok) | 86.15 | 96.1% | 2024-11-17 |
| 12543. | Wolf (wolfwf) | 86.15 | 97% | 2021-12-24 |
| 12544. | typeRacer (olegbucolo) | 86.15 | 97.3% | 2024-07-17 |
| 12545. | Radmilo (radmilo) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-03-12 |
| 12546. | Magoo (chris4891) | 86.15 | 98% | 2021-02-21 |
| 12547. | 🎃 (igorslow) | 86.15 | 97% | 2022-04-21 |
| 12548. | Filip (sixkey) | 86.15 | 98% | 2019-11-12 |
| 12549. | take (f_take) | 86.15 | 97% | 2012-03-24 |
| 12550. | Paul (jinzonam) | 86.15 | 98% | 2022-02-23 |
| 12551. | Adam (woohooman) | 86.15 | 98% | 2014-01-28 |
| 12552. | Steve (mcgee_00) | 86.15 | — | 2010-08-17 |
| 12553. | Matt (poot_nanny) | 86.14 | 98% | 2020-01-03 |
| 12554. | Trent (tdavis23540) | 86.14 | 98% | 2023-05-30 |
| 12555. | SkyKatsura (skykatsura) | 86.14 | 97.3% | 2023-11-22 |
| 12556. | Ricky (rickster88) | 86.14 | — | 2010-10-20 |
| 12557. | Tony (gabagool22) | 86.13 | 96% | 2024-06-08 |
| 12558. | Andrei (andreibanc) | 86.13 | 98% | 2022-12-07 |
| 12559. | Sahil (sahil21db) | 86.13 | 95% | 2022-04-22 |
| 12560. | Anchit (anchit) | 86.13 | 99% | 2023-07-27 |
| 12561. | Boboytotoffe (boboytotoffe) | 86.12 | 97% | 2024-07-26 |
| 12562. | meowiemeowmeow (meowiemeowm... | 86.12 | 97% | 2024-09-11 |
| 12563. | ToncaIlPunta (toncailpunta) | 86.12 | 96.5% | 2024-03-19 |
| 12564. | Brandon (cubist_boi) | 86.12 | 97% | 2023-12-13 |
| 12565. | Hernan (caantics) | 86.12 | 84% | 2016-12-28 |
| 12566. | (◠‿◠✿) (nyafuu) | 86.12 | 98% | 2021-12-11 |
| 12567. | mugiwara (mugiwara1337) | 86.12 | 96.9% | 2023-11-16 |
| 12568. | IonCube (ioncube) | 86.12 | 98.1% | 2024-08-22 |
| 12569. | mulluch (mulluchian) | 86.12 | 97% | 2024-05-23 |
| 12570. | Amir (nao.paladin@yahoo.com) | 86.12 | 97% | 2014-06-17 |
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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 |