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[-] Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 59 points 3 weeks ago

OIL DOES NOT COME FROM DINOSAURS

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

Plastic algae is real algae?

[-] gramgan@lemmy.ml 48 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

unexpectedly.... profound?

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

that's where coal comes from I thought

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

*Lignin, not cellulose.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 26 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ancient algae that fed on dinosaurs

/s

[-] xor@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Except most fossil fuels come from decayed plant matter.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 18 points 3 weeks ago

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 3 weeks ago

Yes, we are all stardust.

[-] Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

See, I knew the world revolves around me.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago

Chicken nuggets shaped like dinos are a better example

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago

im 14 and this is deep

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

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

this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
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