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Similarly, it blows my mind that all trees are made of air, specifically the carbon in it. I used to think that the biomass must come from the soil, but reality
by efskap 3mo ago
Similarly, it blows my mind that all trees are made of air, specifically the carbon in it. I used to think that the biomass must come from the soil, but reality is more interesting.
- c22 3mo agoKind of like how the vast majority of weight loss in animals happens via exhaling. Weirder still is the realization that all the air is just trapped light.
- kijin 3mo agoActually, all matter is just trapped energy.
- theendisney 3mo agoThere is no such thing as energy.
- lazide 3mo agoRather, no such thing as matter. Energy is pervasive.
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- kulahan 3mo agoIt's also kind of weird to think that soil, really, is just ground up "stuff" that used to be trees, plants, rocks, etc.