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
Active since June 9, 2010.
397 total characters in this text.
View Pit Stop page for this text
| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45172. | typetypertypest (typetypert... | 48.52 | 95.2% | 2024-02-23 |
| 45173. | eoufia (eoufia) | 48.52 | 96.1% | 2024-08-12 |
| 45174. | Vishva (vishi008) | 48.52 | 93.4% | 2024-12-08 |
| 45175. | Woody (gtpwoody) | 48.52 | 94.5% | 2024-02-27 |
| 45176. | Jawahir (jawa_481) | 48.52 | 95.5% | 2024-10-04 |
| 45177. | Alan (acfrost3) | 48.52 | 94% | 2021-05-22 |
| 45178. | Let it go (i_can_run) | 48.51 | 94% | 2024-12-02 |
| 45179. | flowstate (wiki_gotta_move0... | 48.51 | 94% | 2025-06-17 |
| 45180. | Aman (du8ey) | 48.51 | 92.8% | 2023-12-24 |
| 45181. | Mhcubergamer (mhcubergamer) | 48.51 | 94% | 2022-08-28 |
| 45182. | Elin (elolinon) | 48.51 | 88% | 2014-06-30 |
| 45183. | Benyamna (bn_mouad) | 48.51 | 89% | 2016-01-18 |
| 45184. | Rahim (rahim_khan) | 48.50 | 95% | 2022-12-11 |
| 45185. | Jahangir (jalom102) | 48.50 | 95% | 2021-05-15 |
| 45186. | SSG Dr. Ice StarG (pinpoint... | 48.50 | 93.9% | 2024-04-30 |
| 45187. | Oanh (sorryiloveyou) | 48.50 | — | 2010-11-03 |
| 45188. | Spider (spider_one) | 48.49 | 97.3% | 2025-01-19 |
| 45189. | Shiroe (dao_of_fried_eggs) | 48.49 | 97% | 2025-01-02 |
| 45190. | ibrahim (resto420) | 48.49 | 97% | 2024-07-29 |
| 45191. | Sam (sampatrickds) | 48.49 | 96.9% | 2023-12-08 |
| 45192. | DTSpeedster (dinhnguyen) | 48.48 | 92% | 2024-07-13 |
| 45193. | Aiyana (aiyanamae) | 48.48 | 94% | 2024-04-20 |
| 45194. | Saidul (saidul_islam) | 48.48 | 94% | 2021-03-05 |
| 45195. | tstats[suraj_hs] (suraj_hs) | 48.48 | 96% | 2021-12-22 |
| 45196. | arsham (arsham11) | 48.47 | 93.2% | 2025-03-29 |
| 45197. | Yo'ldoshali (yuldashali) | 48.47 | 97% | 2025-05-19 |
| 45198. | Eritze (er1ze) | 48.47 | 94.9% | 2024-04-20 |
| 45199. | Partha (partha419) | 48.47 | 92% | 2015-01-19 |
| 45200. | evouwu (evouwu) | 48.46 | 95% | 2025-06-05 |
| 45201. | VincentasGalbut (pieskavinc) | 48.46 | 96% | 2025-05-01 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |