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[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 76 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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 46 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

At least

[+] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 74 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago

but that T-Rex served as a marine

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That t-rex was a swimmer 🏊

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: we now know for a fact that many dinosaurs could swim, including T Rex! How do we know? There are footprints that get smaller and shallower as the dinos got deeped into the water, eventually reduced to just small scratches by the tips of their claws and eventually disappearing altogether. It looks something like this:

[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How do they know they weren't taking off? Maybe they were able to fly without wings!

Awesome fact btw

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then there'd be one really deep print as they kicked off.

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

But what if they had a organelle which generated helium and made them slowly float

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Hydrogen.

You can't generate helium unless you have a fusion reactor.

Actually, nuclear powered flying T. rex sounds cool, so let's go with it.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

That's super cool I had no idea!! Does anyone have fun sources to start with?

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

TIL, thanks.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 26 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] callyral@pawb.social 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

what are your component materials?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Carbon and Vodka.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The rocks, in time, compress
Your blood to oil,
Your flesh to coal,
Enrich the soil,
Not everybody's goal.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Literally dirt and water. A muddy puddle. XD

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

He was under a lot of pressure

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago

A Shell of their former selves.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago

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

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 1 points 6 months ago

brutal.

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