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I'm going to be the person who does this I guess. Fossil fuels are mostly from plant matter, not dinosaurs, or other animals, like is often said. Still dead I guess, but not what people would think when reading this.
I’m going to be the person who does this I guess. Fossil fuels are mostly from algae/zooplankton , not plant matter, or other animals, like is often said. Still photosynthesise I guess, but not what people would think when reading this.
but algae are plants
I think in this context the distinction is single cell vs multicellular
either case, plants is a kingdom of life. algae are separate from them. they are not plants.
alright