β² 727 βΌ [DinosAndComics] The Future (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (1 child) β¦ are they not fossils of the cyanobacteria permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not by the usual definition. The carbon, etc that used to form the cyanobacteria is completely broken down and formed into miscellaneous hydrocarbons. There's no petrified remains, nor rock impressions of the bacteria. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) FWIW that was always my concept of fossil fuels to begin with. Like whatever you just said, but for dinosaurs and all the life from before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago dinosaurs are a basically insignificant % of the biomass by my understanding permalink fedilink source parent [β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) But aren't their atoms perfectly preserved? (gasping at straws) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Not all of them. Some of the carbon atoms will have decayed into (I think) nitrogen. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not by the usual definition. The carbon, etc that used to form the cyanobacteria is completely broken down and formed into miscellaneous hydrocarbons. There's no petrified remains, nor rock impressions of the bacteria. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) FWIW that was always my concept of fossil fuels to begin with. Like whatever you just said, but for dinosaurs and all the life from before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago dinosaurs are a basically insignificant % of the biomass by my understanding permalink fedilink source parent [β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) But aren't their atoms perfectly preserved? (gasping at straws) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Not all of them. Some of the carbon atoms will have decayed into (I think) nitrogen. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) FWIW that was always my concept of fossil fuels to begin with. Like whatever you just said, but for dinosaurs and all the life from before. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago dinosaurs are a basically insignificant % of the biomass by my understanding permalink fedilink source parent
[β] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago dinosaurs are a basically insignificant % of the biomass by my understanding permalink fedilink source parent
[β] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) But aren't their atoms perfectly preserved? (gasping at straws) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Not all of them. Some of the carbon atoms will have decayed into (I think) nitrogen. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Not all of them. Some of the carbon atoms will have decayed into (I think) nitrogen. permalink fedilink source parent