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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| 6046. | Lack (lackhammer) | 99.98 | 98.2% | 2023-10-07 |
| 6047. | Rob (robmcc) | 99.98 | 92% | 2016-06-03 |
| 6048. | Alex (alexhchu) | 99.97 | 98% | 2016-11-07 |
| 6049. | Marek (lypa) | 99.97 | 98.4% | 2024-09-10 |
| 6050. | niccnakk445 (niccnakk445) | 99.96 | 97.5% | 2025-02-09 |
| 6051. | djagof (zuccandsucc) | 99.96 | 98% | 2022-07-09 |
| 6052. | Cato (cato) | 99.95 | — | 2010-12-02 |
| 6053. | Landon (iamthebigboi) | 99.94 | 98% | 2021-12-08 |
| 6054. | Xinny (noebuhdy) | 99.94 | 99% | 2025-02-19 |
| 6055. | Ryan Le (esketit3020) | 99.93 | 98% | 2022-11-27 |
| 6056. | Ai Sing (aixin) | 99.93 | 94% | 2017-04-20 |
| 6057. | Domz (vdom) | 99.92 | 97% | 2022-05-23 |
| 6058. | johnn2 (johnn2) | 99.92 | 98% | 2022-02-19 |
| 6059. | Brian (scwbrian) | 99.92 | 94% | 2015-03-26 |
| 6060. | Luuk (luukdeman111) | 99.91 | 98% | 2021-01-12 |
| 6061. | Vuh (_trueasian_) | 99.90 | 96% | 2021-04-17 |
| 6062. | wolf (wolfdakota) | 99.89 | 97% | 2024-09-20 |
| 6063. | brian (heartcore) | 99.89 | 96% | 2014-03-10 |
| 6064. | SBelmont (sbelmont) | 99.89 | 96.7% | 2025-03-01 |
| 6065. | aa (mukhtoyo) | 99.89 | 95% | 2013-08-09 |
| 6066. | Joshua (joshuajoshuak) | 99.88 | 98% | 2017-10-04 |
| 6067. | ~! Fraud of Feminism, 1913... | 99.88 | 96% | 2013-05-11 |
| 6068. | Muhammad (muhammad_salah) | 99.87 | 19% | 2017-02-15 |
| 6069. | Maxwell (arkensol) | 99.87 | 96% | 2019-05-20 |
| 6070. | Alex (epicene) | 99.87 | 98% | 2014-09-26 |
| 6071. | Seth_Racer (snezzz) | 99.86 | 97% | 2025-07-24 |
| 6072. | dvorak (div_dvorak) | 99.86 | 96.4% | 2024-01-12 |
| 6073. | John (tiansa) | 99.86 | 95% | 2014-11-04 |
| 6074. | AndreaWelly (andrealea) | 99.85 | 99% | 2024-09-27 |
| 6075. | Renan (renanandre) | 99.85 | 96% | 2014-10-13 |
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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 |