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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by missedthecue on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:08AM (#40114545)
You have to burn much more energy to get sand out of the ground (glass), bauxite out of the mine (aluminum), or trees out of the forest (paper).

It doesn't take much energy to get a ton of petroleum out, compared to a ton of sand, aluminum ore, or lumber.

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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by klysm on Monday April 22, 2024 @03:53PM (#40118786)
sure, I said nothing about that though. It’s still wrong to call it a carbon sink
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