SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. message-squaremessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down156
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squareKurtVonnegut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-230 days agoDepends on whether you’re talking about oil/gas or coal. The former is dead marine fauna (edit: and flora), the latter is dead terrestrial flora.
minus-squaredustycups@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoCoal is from woody (containing lignin) plants. I think oil/gas is from algal mats.
minus-squareKurtVonnegut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-230 days agoOh yes good point. I guess flora and fauna are confusing terms in this context. Wiki talks of zooplankton and algae. (The “zooplankton part” might still be relevant to the original post.)
Depends on whether you’re talking about oil/gas or coal. The former is dead marine fauna (edit: and flora), the latter is dead terrestrial flora.
Coal is from woody (containing lignin) plants. I think oil/gas is from algal mats.
Oh yes good point. I guess flora and fauna are confusing terms in this context. Wiki talks of zooplankton and algae.
(The “zooplankton part” might still be relevant to the original post.)