This is amazing

[CT8]

https://www.etymonline.com/word/petroleum

 

[ZZman]

Link didn't work

 

[CT8]

ZZ try it now.

 

[ZZman]

Gives a definition for petroleum.... Not amazing.... Lol

 

[xxch4osxx]

So......where is the amazing part?

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted by xxch4osxx
So......where is the amazing part?

People are always calling oil fossil fuel.

 

[atikovi]

Some people call it black gold, Texas tea.

 

[tom slick]

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/overstate

 

[JLTD]

Originally Posted by atikovi
Some people call it black gold, Texas tea.


Y'all come back now, hear?

 

[4WD]

.
This guy coined the phrase

 

[earlyre]

because it IS a fossil fuel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum#Formation

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by 4WD
.
This guy coined the phrase



Did trilobites actually bite??

 

[Snagglefoot]

Originally Posted by dailydriver
Originally Posted by 4WD
.
This guy coined the phrase



Did trilobites actually bite??

They tried.

 

[Cujet]

The fact that Helium is found in natural gas indicates it is part of the solar system building blocks.

 

[bbhero]

Exactly ^^^^^^

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted by Cujet
The fact that Helium is found in natural gas indicates it is part of the solar system building blocks.


Most of the terrestial helium is from alpha particles that are generated by radioactive decay...they grab a few electrons (earth is overendowed with them), and there's your helium atom.