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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| 313. | arijan (arijan_dh) | 141.80 | 98% | 2022-05-09 |
| 314. | Red (liquid293) | 141.77 | 98.2% | 2024-10-23 |
| 315. | Doug (omgitsdoug) | 141.77 | 100% | 2014-03-24 |
| 316. | Robert (wobert_) | 141.71 | 99% | 2024-07-24 |
| 317. | Petar (petars) | 141.64 | 98% | 2022-04-26 |
| 318. | God is Love (kjb3) | 141.56 | 98% | 2017-05-13 |
| 319. | Aura (themodin) | 141.42 | 99% | 2015-02-21 |
| 320. | Aella (aella) | 141.28 | 100% | 2015-05-01 |
| 321. | (dawittymidget) | 141.22 | 99.8% | 2024-08-10 |
| 322. | Washed - The DEA is a terro... | 141.16 | 99% | 2024-12-17 |
| 323. | Damien (speedyjewel) | 141.12 | — | 2011-03-09 |
| 324. | jivanf (jivan108) | 141.08 | 98% | 2022-04-07 |
| 325. | (corsairchris) | 141.04 | 99% | 2024-01-15 |
| 326. | vinnii (slowvinni) | 141.00 | 99% | 2020-05-06 |
| 327. | Post (postavant) | 141.00 | 100% | 2012-07-27 |
| 328. | Andrea (andreaclare) | 140.99 | 95% | 2015-07-17 |
| 329. | Pawan (www.pawanrpvv@gmail.... | 140.94 | 100% | 2014-11-14 |
| 330. | (^.~) (lolyourfunny) | 140.92 | 97% | 2011-12-11 |
| 331. | Gabriel (jetter06) | 140.92 | 98% | 2017-10-22 |
| 332. | that's ironic (dou_) | 140.87 | 99% | 2021-05-30 |
| 333. | bitny (brittanergh) | 140.80 | 98% | 2012-12-27 |
| 334. | Audrius (audrius) | 140.79 | 97% | 2015-05-18 |
| 335. | zehao (zehaozhou) | 140.71 | 99% | 2022-08-01 |
| 336. | gluon (veryslowracer) | 140.70 | 97.6% | 2024-07-05 |
| 337. | lavé (traben) | 140.55 | 99% | 2021-11-09 |
| 338. | Claire (clairez93) | 140.55 | 94% | 2011-12-14 |
| 339. | 👀 (idak) | 140.54 | 96% | 2024-07-11 |
| 340. | Siavas (siavas) | 140.48 | 97.8% | 2025-02-23 |
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| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
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| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |