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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Most oil (like, 99% of it, IIRC) is from decayed plant matter, not animal matter.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

While we're being pedantic about dinosaurs and children's cartoons (my favorite pasttime), Littlefoot and Spike would have lived like 90 million years apart from Cera.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jesus, bro, why not just tell everyone the brave little toaster wasn’t even that brave while you’re at it.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 9 points 2 years ago

He also toasted bread unevenly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

And Ducky shouldn't have eyelashes. Wait, does Cera have external ears??

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It's not saying they turned into oil. They turned into an oil rig. /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But that'd make a lot of sense when you consider the fact that trees outnumber people like 380:1.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's actually mostly plankton. Most traditional oil deposits formed from shallow seas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OG Ducky's voice actress... T_T

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its not actually, most of the oil was from plants that died before fungus and decaying bacteria evolved so the dead logs just sat there and would not decompose ever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I thought this was the story of charcoal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

this baby gets 12 little feets to the gallon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually it's a common myth that fossil fuels are made up of Dinosaurs. They're mostly made up of Silesaurs and to small parts Pisanosaurs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My car is CNG so, a good 80% termite & bovine farts get me from here to there.