alt Hacker News> Petro is pretty much upstream of everything: plastics, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, cooking oils,
Really! What petroleum-based oil do you cook with?
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michaelt • today at 2:09 AM
A lot of people use fossil fuels in their cooking.
Just in the form of a gas, not a liquid.
AnimalMuppet • yesterday at 11:40 PM
Plant-based ones that were harvested by machines that burn petroleum.
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downrightmike • today at 1:30 AM
Electric range
Hexane is directly used as a solvent for edible cooking oil refining.