[Fishtalk]

That’s not true, AB.

As a child I was taught that oil came from the remains of the dinosaurs.

Sounds like you understand what I’m saying with that compost pile but why do you think they call it “fossil fuels”? It’s not from the fossils of dead animals, it’s from that breakdown you and I understand as the gardeners we are.

I’m jus’ sayin’.

[bert]

you misunderstood the lesson

oil was formed from the organic plant decay that occurred in the age of dinosaurs. actually so dod coal

[Alas Babylon!]

As a child I was taught that oil came from the remains of the dinosaurs.

That was one of the theories back in the 1920's through the 50's, but in this case "dinosaurs" were only part of the ingredients. As it turned out, petroleum is the end product of composting organic matter--dead stuff--but not dead dinosaurs.

That school districts had this in their science books at one time never made it true. It was just that dinosaurs are the most interesting of all the organic matter that has left behind on the Earth, and what child does not love dinosaurs? Hence its popularity.

Actually, probably the greatest part of organic matter in and on the Earth is dead BACTERIA and other single celled creatures like algae.