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minus-squareSir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·4 months agoRelevant xkcd https://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ It’s not dinosaurs, oil is mostly sea stuff like plankton and algae. Coal is mostly land vegetation, trees. Dinosaurs didn’t really contribute much to this pool.
minus-squareJimjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months ago Dinosaurs didn’t really contribute much I guess maybe not by comparison, but imagine all the millions of years and millions of generations of gaint (and small) dinosaurs that lived lived and died. Thats a Hella Lotta biomass biodegrading.
minus-squareRisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoCompared to algae and plants it’s a rounding error.
minus-squareanugeshtu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoStill, people can be good for Soylent Green though. Edit: /s
Relevant xkcd https://what-if.xkcd.com/101/
It’s not dinosaurs, oil is mostly sea stuff like plankton and algae. Coal is mostly land vegetation, trees.
Dinosaurs didn’t really contribute much to this pool.
I guess maybe not by comparison, but imagine all the millions of years and millions of generations of gaint (and small) dinosaurs that lived lived and died. Thats a Hella Lotta biomass biodegrading.
Compared to algae and plants it’s a rounding error.
Still, people can be good for Soylent Green though.
Edit: /s