Nature has been transmuting dead life into black gold for millions of years using little more than heat, pressure and time, scientists tell us.
But with gas prices spiking more than $1 per gallon in the United States this year and some experts predicting that the end of oil is near, scientists still don’t know for sure where oil comes from, how long it took to make, or how much there is.
A so-called fossil fuel, petroleum is believed by most scientists to be the transformed remains of long dead organisms. The majority of petroleum is thought to come from the fossils of plants and tiny marine organisms. Larger animals might contribute to the mix as well.
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I miss the days (like a couple of years ago), where people would enjoy the comics, and take them at face value, as opposed to trying to interpret them. Or, before non-political comics became a sounding board for political division, rhetoric, and people just getting downright mean to each other, for not agreeing with them.
Yakety Sax 8 months ago
10W 30. . . .
einarbt 8 months ago
There is so much wrong with this cartoon, don’t know where to start.
Botulism Bob 8 months ago
They had fortune tellers 80 million years ago?
stuart_olson 8 months ago
In Dana’s world, anything is possible. That’s why we love him.
therese_callahan2002 8 months ago
I thought today’s strip would be Easter themed.
nosirrom 8 months ago
Man, that’s one big Zooplankton.
KEA 8 months ago
uh… I think “Let the wookiee win” would be a good reference here
Frank Burns Eats Worms 8 months ago
Tyrranosorcery.
Bill D. Kat Premium Member 8 months ago
Actually, petroleum came from vegetation, not animals.
cuzinron47 8 months ago
And you don’t exactly volunteer to do it.
paullp Premium Member 8 months ago
“Wow! I’m destined to be an auto mechanic!”
wildlandwaters 8 months ago
I wonder what the GPD is??…(Gallons Per Dinosaur)
lsnrchrd.1 Premium Member 8 months ago
Nature has been transmuting dead life into black gold for millions of years using little more than heat, pressure and time, scientists tell us.
But with gas prices spiking more than $1 per gallon in the United States this year and some experts predicting that the end of oil is near, scientists still don’t know for sure where oil comes from, how long it took to make, or how much there is.
A so-called fossil fuel, petroleum is believed by most scientists to be the transformed remains of long dead organisms. The majority of petroleum is thought to come from the fossils of plants and tiny marine organisms. Larger animals might contribute to the mix as well.
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tinstar 8 months ago
I miss the days (like a couple of years ago), where people would enjoy the comics, and take them at face value, as opposed to trying to interpret them. Or, before non-political comics became a sounding board for political division, rhetoric, and people just getting downright mean to each other, for not agreeing with them.
Jeff0811 8 months ago
I fail to see how he can work on cars with such short arms. I bet he can’t even hold, let alone read a torque wrench.