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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by randomstudent on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:47AM (#15007521)
> from driving all the way to the Western shores of Spain.

I don't think it was luck. It was probably the lack of cars ;)

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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by Kpourdeilami on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:00AM (#15007800)
Judging by the amount of lands of that Mongols conquered, lack of cars wouldn't have stopped them from conquering Europe. Mongol empire at its peak spanned over 24 million square kilometres of land while To put that into perspective, the Roman Empire at its peak only spanned over 5 million square kilometres of land
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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by NoCoastCoder on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:51AM (#15008004)
Pretty sure he was making a joke about the use of the term driving.
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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by Sleeep on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:06AM (#15008626)
You're trying to be clever but the word "drive" has more than one meaning and predates automobiles.

>propel or carry along by force in a specified direction

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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by duncan_bayne on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:18AM (#15007627)
They'd probably tried to go 100% solar by 2050 (BC)
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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by baldfat on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:51AM (#15008003)
Um everyone was Solar? They feed their animals solar raised fuel, AKA hay and oats.
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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by sorokod on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:54AM (#15008021)
Oil is solar in the same sense
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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by baldfat on Monday August 14, 2017 @01:20PM (#15010453)
The sun only provided the fuel's origin the chemical alteration of this material is caused by pressure, heat and millions of years. Though fossil fuel is scientifically photosynthesis based the alteration is what makes it a fossil fuel. Hench the name fossil.

https://www.geochemsoc.org/files/6214/1261/1770/SP-2_271-284...

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Re:Why Genghis Khan’s tomb can’t be found by duncan_bayne on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:57PM (#15013373)
You get that I was joking, right?

(If for no other reason than the wild anachronism; Khan was born in 1162).

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