▲ 1096 ▼ The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs. (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (4 children) dinosaurs never became oil/coal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago Useless shits permalink fedilink source parent [–] bigboitricky@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago not with that attitude permalink fedilink source parent [–] salty_chief@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Look I just learn stuff that college teaches me okay. So decaying trees, plants and animals (dinosaurs) are the primary source of oil. Oil is being made daily based on decaying organic material. This is why the planet has so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nima@leminal.space 1 point 1 year ago some of them likely did, given the current theory of how oil happens. dead organic material is dead organic material. there's just more vegetation than animal matter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bigboitricky@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago not with that attitude permalink fedilink source parent
[–] salty_chief@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Look I just learn stuff that college teaches me okay. So decaying trees, plants and animals (dinosaurs) are the primary source of oil. Oil is being made daily based on decaying organic material. This is why the planet has so much of it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nima@leminal.space 1 point 1 year ago some of them likely did, given the current theory of how oil happens. dead organic material is dead organic material. there's just more vegetation than animal matter. permalink fedilink source parent
