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[–] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 6 months ago (1 children)

OIL DOES NOT COME FROM DINOSAURS

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 11 points 6 months ago

Plastic algae is real algae?

[–] gramgan@lemmy.ml 48 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

unexpectedly.... profound?

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think I heard that most of it is algae and plankton and stuff.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That and trees from a time when there wero no organisms yet that could decompose cellulose.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago

that's where coal comes from I thought

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

*Lignin, not cellulose.

[–] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Petrolium is made from ancient algae and plants, not dinosaurs.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ancient algae that fed on dinosaurs

/s

[–] xor@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago
[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Except most fossil fuels come from decayed plant matter.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

But if carnivorous dinosaurs eat herbivorous dinosaurs, and herbivorous dinosaurs eat plants, then all dinosaurs are plants.

And plants eat sunlight, so all life on earth is the sun.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

Yes, we are all stardust.

[–] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Im vegan because i subsist off of grass-fed beef.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

See, I knew the world revolves around me.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 6 months ago

Or, in this formulation, the world is you? :-O

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Chicken nuggets shaped like dinos are a better example

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Sort of, like Pringles aren’t really potato chips, but they are made of the same stuff and have the same shape.

[–] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

im 14 and this is deep

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

So we're eating credit cards-amounts of dinosaurs, got it (I think this has been debunked, recently?)