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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| 8476. | Banana (bananana_man) | 93.13 | 97% | 2024-08-22 |
| 8477. | Satter (marcama) | 93.13 | 95% | 2014-08-01 |
| 8478. | Michael (mrusnak) | 93.12 | 96% | 2021-05-21 |
| 8479. | Alpuds (alpuds) | 93.12 | 97% | 2023-08-21 |
| 8480. | Guest (colorblindpilot) | 93.12 | 99% | 2016-12-28 |
| 8481. | Christina (bahserte) | 93.12 | 99% | 2012-03-13 |
| 8482. | brandaniels (toesinmyfeet) | 93.11 | 97% | 2019-11-25 |
| 8483. | Pranav Shetty (prawny_0) | 93.10 | 97.9% | 2024-01-23 |
| 8484. | Alinda (alindacheung) | 93.10 | 97% | 2020-04-14 |
| 8485. | cayouu (slowesttypist19) | 93.10 | 98% | 2024-05-29 |
| 8486. | Pillsbury (acidreindeer) | 93.10 | 96.5% | 2024-06-19 |
| 8487. | Om (omsharma612) | 93.10 | 97% | 2023-03-27 |
| 8488. | Timothy (chokehech) | 93.10 | 96% | 2016-08-26 |
| 8489. | Dovid (dymusicguy) | 93.10 | 94% | 2015-05-21 |
| 8490. | Ev (finev) | 93.10 | 99% | 2014-12-15 |
| 8491. | Mike (kelinu) | 93.10 | 93% | 2012-03-04 |
| 8492. | GALIT SA MATABA (qvyl) | 93.09 | 98% | 2024-09-19 |
| 8493. | Raymond (rayrwang) | 93.09 | 99% | 2024-02-20 |
| 8494. | MooD (xslel) | 93.09 | 98.1% | 2024-11-30 |
| 8495. | a (suk_) | 93.09 | 97% | 2021-03-09 |
| 8496. | Mick (mickyuille) | 93.09 | 95% | 2011-12-27 |
| 8497. | Will (wkwon93) | 93.09 | 98% | 2017-06-14 |
| 8498. | LurN (lurn) | 93.09 | 94% | 2014-02-09 |
| 8499. | Nicholas (hyping4typing) | 93.08 | 96% | 2014-07-29 |
| 8500. | X (humanoidn) | 93.07 | 98.6% | 2024-01-05 |
| 8501. | Will (willist) | 93.07 | 96% | 2021-11-11 |
| 8502. | Spencer (spencer_) | 93.07 | 97.7% | 2023-12-15 |
| 8503. | Anthony (avt5678) | 93.07 | 98% | 2023-06-25 |
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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 |