hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1326arrow-down122
arrow-up1304arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·11 months agoWood is notoriously hard to digest. After wood evolved, it took millions of years before funghi and bacteria evolved the ability to decompose it. And that’s why we have oil now.
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·11 months agoCoal, not oil, but it’s still an interesting fact.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThere was a point during that millions of years where there were areas of thousands of feet deep layers of dead trees. It still boggles my mind.
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWould you be willing to find a good article explaining this further? This sounds really neat and I’d like to know how scientists figured this out :O
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoAnd now these hippies want to plant even more trees.
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWho are they to stand in the way of climate change‽
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months ago(the oil helps us digest wood)
Wood is notoriously hard to digest. After wood evolved, it took millions of years before funghi and bacteria evolved the ability to decompose it. And that’s why we have oil now.
Coal, not oil, but it’s still an interesting fact.
There was a point during that millions of years where there were areas of thousands of feet deep layers of dead trees. It still boggles my mind.
Would you be willing to find a good article explaining this further? This sounds really neat and I’d like to know how scientists figured this out :O
Wood is the reason for climate change!
And now these hippies want to plant even more trees.
Who are they to stand in the way of climate change‽
(the oil helps us digest wood)