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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29536. | Ben (benbennza1) | 65.76 | 97% | 2020-02-19 |
| 29537. | barry (mixhype) | 65.76 | — | 2010-07-07 |
| 29538. | Adanir (adanir) | 65.75 | 97% | 2023-08-13 |
| 29539. | Pharaohphoebe (pharaohphoeb... | 65.75 | 98% | 2024-07-18 |
| 29540. | Oscar (oscar0209w) | 65.75 | 97% | 2024-07-18 |
| 29541. | jimmy_toes (jimmy_toes) | 65.75 | — | 2011-02-23 |
| 29542. | Ben (thisisben) | 65.75 | 97% | 2021-06-24 |
| 29543. | ruben (artaban666) | 65.75 | 94.5% | 2024-02-22 |
| 29544. | Gabriel (akgabe) | 65.75 | 97.1% | 2023-12-29 |
| 29545. | Ben_slayah (ben_slayah) | 65.75 | 98% | 2017-09-22 |
| 29546. | Sujith (sai_sujith) | 65.75 | 95% | 2024-02-10 |
| 29547. | John Johnson (johnjohnsonju... | 65.75 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
| 29548. | Ted (serial_rapist) | 65.75 | 98% | 2018-03-03 |
| 29549. | Gabriel (flide) | 65.75 | 98% | 2020-11-29 |
| 29550. | Mathias (slabet) | 65.75 | 90% | 2013-06-12 |
| 29551. | Shao (shp188366552) | 65.75 | 97% | 2018-03-06 |
| 29552. | Zaheer (zaheerahmed) | 65.74 | 98% | 2023-05-27 |
| 29553. | ACD (alt_ctrl_defeat) | 65.74 | 96.3% | 2024-12-09 |
| 29554. | Kormansong (xcvoiu) | 65.74 | 97.7% | 2024-11-09 |
| 29555. | Ann (annarm0412) | 65.74 | 97% | 2024-09-06 |
| 29556. | nich (kneeche) | 65.74 | 94% | 2024-08-22 |
| 29557. | Nate (natebroke) | 65.74 | 96.8% | 2024-04-03 |
| 29558. | pipe.r (repip) | 65.74 | 97.4% | 2023-12-16 |
| 29559. | Matthew (blayzed93) | 65.74 | 99% | 2020-07-01 |
| 29560. | Road To 100 (rextshark) | 65.74 | 96% | 2021-03-09 |
| 29561. | Stevne (juninight29) | 65.74 | 97% | 2021-07-25 |
| 29562. | Jet (mynamehenry) | 65.74 | 95% | 2021-03-10 |
| 29563. | tran (qtran) | 65.74 | 95% | 2011-10-04 |
| 29564. | Sun (sunsolaris) | 65.74 | 93% | 2016-09-14 |
| 29565. | mohcene (accept_username_pl... | 65.73 | 97.7% | 2025-04-03 |
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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 |