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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39342. | Truck (truck4) | 51.97 | 95% | 2012-07-09 |
| 39343. | prantoy (prantoy) | 51.97 | 92% | 2014-02-19 |
| 39344. | Mimi (mp3567) | 51.96 | 96% | 2024-02-11 |
| 39345. | Michael (wolfflow) | 51.96 | 96% | 2022-02-02 |
| 39346. | A (appliancejunk) | 51.96 | 95% | 2014-11-07 |
| 39347. | Ali (nology) | 51.96 | 93% | 2012-03-23 |
| 39348. | Hưng (qaszxc) | 51.96 | 90% | 2013-12-19 |
| 39349. | BradRad (bradbae) | 51.95 | 95% | 2024-04-29 |
| 39350. | Chad (justanotherchad) | 51.95 | 92% | 2024-08-13 |
| 39351. | derpdogboi (derpdogboi) | 51.95 | 95% | 2024-06-21 |
| 39352. | Ash (technobladeneverdiesss) | 51.95 | 95% | 2024-04-03 |
| 39353. | Rahul (rahulk731) | 51.95 | 98% | 2024-11-21 |
| 39354. | mahmoud shalhoub (mahmoud77) | 51.95 | 97% | 2024-02-19 |
| 39355. | pddddd (pddddd) | 51.95 | 95% | 2024-07-11 |
| 39356. | Vernnamae (vernnamae03) | 51.95 | 95.3% | 2024-02-23 |
| 39357. | fella (fellasaurus) | 51.95 | 97% | 2021-10-24 |
| 39358. | KDP (kdpt123) | 51.94 | 98% | 2024-08-06 |
| 39359. | Gabe (lazareth56) | 51.94 | 96% | 2024-12-28 |
| 39360. | sanju (sanju9989) | 51.94 | 95% | 2024-10-06 |
| 39361. | HAPSEFAR (hapsefar) | 51.94 | 92% | 2024-09-29 |
| 39362. | Devesh (titu_singh) | 51.94 | 96% | 2022-06-02 |
| 39363. | Jonathan (john_ee) | 51.94 | 95% | 2021-03-05 |
| 39364. | sahil (sahil9057) | 51.94 | 95% | 2021-04-30 |
| 39365. | Halim (halim_karam) | 51.94 | 94% | 2012-11-19 |
| 39366. | Morningstar (morningstarxua... | 51.94 | 91% | 2015-03-16 |
| 39367. | infinitus (infinitusone) | 51.94 | — | 2011-02-07 |
| 39368. | Luqman (phillibob55) | 51.93 | 96.2% | 2024-06-17 |
| 39369. | Jose (jose_david_perez25@ya... | 51.93 | 93% | 2013-04-24 |
| 39370. | Nirajan Acharya (secondhand... | 51.92 | 95% | 2024-07-04 |
| 39371. | Timothy (buffalobills) | 51.92 | 96% | 2024-10-22 |
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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 |