SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. message-squaremessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down156
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squarezrst@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 months agoOil is vegan, though. It’s made from the remains of dead plants. Also, I’m not sure how vegans view corpses of animals.
minus-squarebigfondue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOil is from plankton and algae, and coal is from terrestrial plants. It’s all vegan
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoPhytoplankton is composed of plants. Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton are composed of animals.
minus-squareadaveinthelife@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoI’d argue the extraction, refinement and typical uses of petroleum oil are somewhat not-vegan.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months ago Also, I’m not sure how vegans view corpses of animals. Like a dead cow, chicken, or pig? Probably not favorably.
Oil is vegan, though.
It’s made from the remains of dead plants.
Also, I’m not sure how vegans view corpses of animals.
Oil is from plankton and algae, and coal is from terrestrial plants. It’s all vegan
Plankton does contain animals.
Phytoplankton is composed of plants. Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton are composed of animals.
Good point
I’d argue the extraction, refinement and typical uses of petroleum oil are somewhat not-vegan.
Like a dead cow, chicken, or pig? Probably not favorably.