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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22096. | ac (dvorak_learner) | 75.14 | 99% | 2013-09-19 |
| 22097. | Ben (benjiboyyy) | 75.14 | 95% | 2017-06-10 |
| 22098. | lucy (royaltoe) | 75.13 | 94% | 2021-10-02 |
| 22099. | CJ Tags (tag_tria04) | 75.13 | 96% | 2024-05-28 |
| 22100. | Lana (poopfrog) | 75.13 | 98.6% | 2024-12-06 |
| 22101. | even (evenvml) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-10-02 |
| 22102. | John (dalidaris) | 75.13 | 96% | 2023-01-18 |
| 22103. | Cooper (cooperarons) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-09-19 |
| 22104. | TinCanDan (tincandan) | 75.13 | 97% | 2024-09-06 |
| 22105. | Gary (garyh99) | 75.13 | 97% | 2022-08-27 |
| 22106. | Fox (jads007) | 75.13 | 96% | 2022-11-28 |
| 22107. | Julius (juliusda) | 75.13 | 96% | 2025-10-03 |
| 22108. | Ben (bk100) | 75.13 | 95% | 2021-12-18 |
| 22109. | Rain (rainy) | 75.13 | — | 2010-07-19 |
| 22110. | jonathan (jgreco2818) | 75.13 | 98% | 2016-09-13 |
| 22111. | wesevens (tkidlltk) | 75.13 | 96% | 2025-09-15 |
| 22112. | R (renxsis) | 75.12 | 92% | 2015-08-18 |
| 22113. | Mezbauddin (FREE PALESTINE)... | 75.12 | 98% | 2025-04-22 |
| 22114. | Sid (sbjohnson4) | 75.12 | 98% | 2025-03-22 |
| 22115. | Grant (bizzynizzy) | 75.12 | 91% | 2012-06-30 |
| 22116. | Andrew (andewtrun) | 75.12 | 97.2% | 2023-12-18 |
| 22117. | yousef (iiyousef_yt) | 75.12 | 95.2% | 2024-09-16 |
| 22118. | WhatOnWhat (what_on_what1) | 75.12 | 96.6% | 2024-04-09 |
| 22119. | David (davidisapro) | 75.12 | 94% | 2016-05-24 |
| 22120. | Karlis (tmtx) | 75.12 | — | 2010-09-20 |
| 22121. | frog (frogif_) | 75.11 | 98% | 2024-06-14 |
| 22122. | Typer (originalyoung) | 75.11 | 97% | 2025-02-28 |
| 22123. | Jacob (coutns) | 75.11 | 99% | 2025-03-13 |
| 22124. | ButterfIy (fanofkd1234) | 75.11 | 97% | 2024-09-16 |
| 22125. | thefern (thefern) | 75.11 | 98.3% | 2024-08-01 |
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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 |