SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. message-squaremessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down156
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareIf fossil fuels aren't vegan that would mean almost nobody is actually vegan. SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarezrst@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-22 days 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-up4·20 hours agoOil is from plankton and algae, and coal is from terrestrial plants. It’s all vegan
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoPhytoplankton is composed of plants. Zooplankton and Ichthyoplankton are composed of animals.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day ago Also, I’m not sure how vegans view corpses of animals. Like a dead cow, chicken, or pig? Probably not favorably.
minus-squareadaveinthelife@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoI’d argue the extraction, refinement and typical uses of petroleum oil are somewhat not-vegan.
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
Like a dead cow, chicken, or pig? Probably not favorably.
I’d argue the extraction, refinement and typical uses of petroleum oil are somewhat not-vegan.