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The circle of life (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 102 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ackchually, oil is mostly from plant matter.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

TIL

Does Oil Come From Dinosaur Fossils?

It’s a commonly spread fiction that oil comes from dinosaurs because when people hear fossils, their brains immediately jump to dinosaurs. However, that’s not the case.

The truth may be less exciting to some, but oil and other fossil fuels are not actually formed from the remains of dinosaurs. The oil we’re drilling and pumping to the surface as fuel is formed from diatoms, small organisms such as algae and bacteria that lived long before dinosaurs even existed. Source

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A more entertaining source:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/101/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

We need to induct Randal into the wholesome four at some point.

Edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Induct? Or has he committed a crime I'm not aware of?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The crime of being wholesome and helping other people!!

Ok, autocorrect hates me. Thanks for pointing that out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I am under the impression that's coal.

Oil is from sea life. Though I did read that in the 80s so entirely possible its nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I guess algae and bacteria are close to plants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Not really, especially in this science sub

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How close? Like cousins or Alabama cousins?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Louisiana cousins I believe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nah, coal is plant matter too.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Trees from before anything existed that could break down wood

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that's what I said!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

And non-plants like algae and bacteria.