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Racer Jesse (delgrecoj)
Race Number 34
Date Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:30:16
Speed 75 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.8%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents danicusc (4th place) joseph121354 (1st place) shoelegend88 (2nd place) xenophanes (5th place)

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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.
— (book) by Michael Pollan (see stats)