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Racer Shelley (trinaty)
Race Number 12
Date Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:22:33
Speed 53 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 89.8%
Rank 3rd place (out of 4)
Opponents brunotrecenti (2nd place) innervention (4th 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)