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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| 22954. | TeddyHan (teddyhan) | 72.10 | 96% | 2024-05-16 |
| 22955. | thmd (thmd) | 72.10 | 95% | 2023-11-14 |
| 22956. | Zaef (freneticbandit) | 72.10 | 97% | 2023-01-03 |
| 22957. | applekwisp (applekwisp) | 72.10 | 89% | 2012-11-24 |
| 22958. | Evan (ze3ro) | 72.10 | 95% | 2016-10-05 |
| 22959. | mn (real_mn) | 72.10 | 99% | 2021-07-17 |
| 22960. | Ajmal (ajmal21) | 72.10 | 97% | 2020-03-22 |
| 22961. | Overlord (stoneman123) | 72.10 | 96% | 2024-07-18 |
| 22962. | Pysaxc (sebaspertuz) | 72.10 | 96.7% | 2024-06-07 |
| 22963. | David (klassmagicer17) | 72.10 | 96% | 2021-04-15 |
| 22964. | Leafy (leafy) | 72.10 | 96% | 2012-03-18 |
| 22965. | Barton (xbarton) | 72.10 | 96% | 2020-06-26 |
| 22966. | David (davidenl) | 72.10 | 93% | 2012-10-25 |
| 22967. | guest (woopy) | 72.10 | 98% | 2012-11-20 |
| 22968. | Dylan (fosterdill) | 72.10 | 97% | 2013-09-08 |
| 22969. | Arnelle (arnellebalane) | 72.10 | 93% | 2015-05-01 |
| 22970. | ethwhatsman (ethwhatsman) | 72.09 | 97.7% | 2024-02-27 |
| 22971. | Person (puppyswaqq) | 72.09 | 98% | 2024-08-01 |
| 22972. | Dalton (dawg_d) | 72.09 | 98% | 2021-07-23 |
| 22973. | Grant (gboi881) | 72.09 | 97.5% | 2024-05-18 |
| 22974. | bruh (alexe1093) | 72.09 | 95% | 2024-05-05 |
| 22975. | Uksza (uksza) | 72.09 | 97% | 2024-09-26 |
| 22976. | Brian (cybercrimelawinph) | 72.09 | 98% | 2013-10-29 |
| 22977. | SlowMonkey (slowmonkey) | 72.08 | 97% | 2024-12-25 |
| 22978. | DataCrusader (faruzzy) | 72.08 | 97.1% | 2024-10-29 |
| 22979. | w (rednoodle) | 72.08 | 97.2% | 2023-12-01 |
| 22980. | Josemar (jos1emar) | 72.08 | 97% | 2024-05-28 |
| 22981. | BOAT (captain_boaty) | 72.08 | 96.3% | 2024-04-24 |
| 22982. | Selena (selena2fast4u) | 72.07 | 98.4% | 2025-01-09 |
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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 |