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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| 39573. | linkerl (linkerl) | 53.30 | 99% | 2024-07-19 |
| 39574. | Praveen (praveenkj) | 53.30 | 96% | 2016-12-23 |
| 39575. | zoomy (zoomypenguin) | 53.30 | 95% | 2024-04-17 |
| 39576. | airil (airilsra) | 53.30 | 97% | 2017-09-15 |
| 39577. | Van (vanradius) | 53.30 | 95% | 2022-02-14 |
| 39578. | Simon (neoneye2) | 53.30 | 96.7% | 2023-12-26 |
| 39579. | Robert (rinnyzerg) | 53.30 | 90% | 2013-05-02 |
| 39580. | typingtotheend (typingtothe... | 53.29 | 96% | 2022-12-02 |
| 39581. | harpoon (harpoonmaster) | 53.29 | 96% | 2025-03-19 |
| 39582. | ptsheeran (ptsheeran) | 53.29 | 95% | 2024-01-12 |
| 39583. | naige (pnolan55) | 53.29 | 93.4% | 2024-11-22 |
| 39584. | 1 (mutse) | 53.29 | 93% | 2023-03-13 |
| 39585. | Azerty (_azerty_) | 53.29 | 94% | 2020-12-27 |
| 39586. | Tamup (tamup) | 53.29 | 95.7% | 2021-02-17 |
| 39587. | BonG-YaB (seannsen) | 53.29 | 89% | 2012-04-10 |
| 39588. | M (bravoecho) | 53.29 | 97% | 2012-04-19 |
| 39589. | serbs (serba) | 53.28 | 95% | 2025-05-16 |
| 39590. | Type Monkey333 (typemonkey333) | 53.28 | 94% | 2024-09-06 |
| 39591. | Carolina (carolina_) | 53.28 | 95% | 2024-08-04 |
| 39592. | bigbootylatinas4life (bigbo... | 53.28 | 92% | 2024-08-14 |
| 39593. | l (q_bit) | 53.28 | 94% | 2016-08-07 |
| 39594. | Harry (akiramonster) | 53.28 | 96% | 2012-09-09 |
| 39595. | su (su_jin_cheng) | 53.28 | — | 2010-08-13 |
| 39596. | Zooming (shesucksmern) | 53.27 | 94% | 2023-05-09 |
| 39597. | shaun (godloveme) | 53.27 | 97% | 2025-01-15 |
| 39598. | Meduiza (meduiza) | 53.27 | 95.7% | 2024-09-18 |
| 39599. | hengheng168 (hengheng168) | 53.27 | 94% | 2024-11-23 |
| 39600. | Tairon (_ghost_) | 53.27 | 89% | 2015-02-17 |
| 39601. | J (jstylinson) | 53.27 | 91% | 2016-03-14 |
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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 |