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minus-squarethe post of tom joad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoWow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoYes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoCan Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea? Please?
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoYes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.
Wow ok that’s cool… so then every* oil well is in a place that historically was underwater?
Yes, specifically shallow seas that are so rich that they go anoxic. Without oxygen, the organisms don’t break down and just accumulate.
Can Texas just go back to being a shallow anoxic sea?
Please?
Yes. A lot of such places are still below the seabed, hence off-shore oil-rigs.