The weight of the trees was so great that the ones on the bottom got squished and became coal. That’s where coal is from. Bonus fact: the whole time this was happening, sharks were hunting in the oceans. Sharks are older than trees and fungus!

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    7 months ago

    Fortunately we’ve always had a solution: just fucking use glass

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      7 months ago

      There are entire beaches where sand is being stolen from. And the fans in the great deserts are the wrong kinds for glass apparently

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        7 months ago

        Glass is infinitely reusable. Deposit systems work.

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          7 months ago

          Sorry wasn’t meant to be an argument against glass, was just a related thing i found out recently.

          I can see what i did now though. Suz mate