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[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read that algae actually makes up more of what we know as oil than decomposed dinosaurs.

Edit: the source of that tidbit. He does a cool demo at the beginning.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago

Algae and plankton. It also obviously takes longer than a few minutes, like at least an hour.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 26 points 1 year ago

You see, if aborted babies were a viable fuel source abortions would be government funded by now.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

Imagine if when you died you just turned back into a pile of your component materials. Leaving behind a muddy puddle.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

what are your component materials?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Carbon and Vodka.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Literally dirt and water. A muddy puddle. XD

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

He was under a lot of pressure

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

A Shell of their former selves.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

That's what happens when you donate your body for science

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