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minus-squareSir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 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-squareanugeshtu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoStill, people can be good for Soylent Green though. Edit: /s
minus-squareJimjim@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 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-up3·2 months agoCompared to algae and plants it’s a rounding error.
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.
Still, people can be good for Soylent Green though.
Edit: /s
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.