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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| 22783. | George (glove0102) | 73.15 | 97% | 2015-12-27 |
| 22784. | beetjoot (beetjoot) | 73.15 | 96% | 2024-06-13 |
| 22785. | Phil (moonchild58) | 73.15 | 97% | 2023-03-21 |
| 22786. | Hiu Pang (12333211) | 73.15 | 99% | 2011-06-03 |
| 22787. | pew (pewdekz) | 73.15 | 93% | 2016-09-04 |
| 22788. | Stretch (strezetch) | 73.14 | 96% | 2024-08-29 |
| 22789. | MasuPulau (comeonbroyoucand... | 73.14 | 96.6% | 2023-11-23 |
| 22790. | Captn (the_nobody3786) | 73.14 | 95% | 2024-03-16 |
| 22791. | kunal (kunalmachra) | 73.14 | 98% | 2021-08-17 |
| 22792. | Alex (aleksandr797) | 73.14 | 99% | 2022-04-04 |
| 22793. | Leone (leroar) | 73.14 | 98% | 2021-12-24 |
| 22794. | Kappa (atypewriter) | 73.14 | 96.1% | 2024-02-22 |
| 22795. | ap3rson (ap3rson) | 73.14 | 95% | 2013-03-13 |
| 22796. | arxbombus (arxbombus) | 73.14 | 91% | 2015-08-18 |
| 22797. | Jared (thepsychickiller) | 73.14 | 94% | 2012-09-18 |
| 22798. | Aubrey (thebeatles1) | 73.14 | 92% | 2012-04-29 |
| 22799. | machu (anuwuko) | 73.13 | 95.8% | 2024-08-06 |
| 22800. | Mark (madroutes) | 73.13 | 97% | 2024-07-17 |
| 22801. | Femke (fffemke) | 73.13 | 98% | 2025-02-16 |
| 22802. | P (kwerta) | 73.13 | 97% | 2021-11-15 |
| 22803. | Jason (jfeades1) | 73.13 | 97% | 2025-04-29 |
| 22804. | sean (tak32) | 73.13 | 97.5% | 2025-02-01 |
| 22805. | Shoaib Sajid (shoaibsajid) | 73.13 | 98% | 2018-04-09 |
| 22806. | Kevin (kensvin28) | 73.12 | 98% | 2022-10-28 |
| 22807. | jercarl (jercarl) | 73.12 | 94% | 2024-02-18 |
| 22808. | Multilobe (archer12) | 73.12 | 94.3% | 2023-11-12 |
| 22809. | sugdese (sugdese) | 73.12 | 97% | 2022-08-01 |
| 22810. | tejasymir (teymir) | 73.12 | 96.2% | 2023-11-11 |
| 22811. | Vilius (jellytrain) | 73.12 | 97% | 2020-04-12 |
| 22812. | varun100 (varun100) | 73.12 | 93% | 2012-09-06 |
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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 |