hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down122
arrow-up1305arrow-down1message-squareWood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.hperrin@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前message-square143fedilink
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·6 个月前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.
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·6 个月前Coal, not oil, but it’s still an interesting fact.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 个月前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.
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 个月前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
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 个月前And now these hippies want to plant even more trees.
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 个月前Who are they to stand in the way of climate change‽
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 个月前(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)