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So by your logic fossil fuel is solar energy.
by dear 11y ago
So by your logic fossil fuel is solar energy.
- andrewstuart2 11y agoBy causality, it kinda is.
- mikepurvis 11y agoIt is, it's just massively time-shifted. It's interesting to put that in perspective: the pyramids were built out of solar energy by way of muscle. Skyscrapers are built out of solar energy mostly by way of diesel fuel.
- benihana 11y agoIt is. Except for geothermal energy brought on by radioactive decay, all energy on earth originally comes from the sun. Fossil fuel is sunlight that was absorbed by plants which then either decomposed into fuel over millions of years, or were eaten by animals which later decomposed into fuel over millions of years. Our cars are powered by very old, stored sunlight.
- zebra 11y agoAnd radioactive elements come from long dead suns, so all energy on earth originally comes from A sun.
- CodeWriter23 11y agoYou are now qualified to take a job as an oil company or nuclear energy lobbyist.
- jodrellblank 11y agoFossil fuel is a solar battery; charged in a couple hundred million years, humans will drain it in ~500. No wonder we're seeing exponential growth with that injection of stored energy into society. The industrial revolution is a coal-powered nitro.
- haxiomic 11y agoCheckout this explanation of fire by Richard Feynman - its a really eye opening perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pIYI5JQLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pIYI5JQLE He explains the light of a fire is just the light of the Sun, it's just been stored in the wood