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That makes no sense. Animals don't consume oil; they consume plant matter (directly or indirectly) which derived its energy from sunlight fairly recently (days
by teraflop 11y ago
That makes no sense. Animals don't consume oil; they consume plant matter (directly or indirectly) which derived its energy from sunlight fairly recently (days to months). The total amount of energy in and out balances, over evolutionarily short timescales.
Where do you think animals are getting their energy from, if not from the sun?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoHighly concentrated sources of calories (originally sun energy) that they burn at a far greater rate than they could possibly collect themselves.