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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 11:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

Plant-based ones that were harvested by machines that burn petroleum.


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jrmgtoday at 2:41 AM

And grown with fertilizer produced using energy provided by burning petroleum.

singleshot_yesterday at 11:57 PM

That’s a pretty amazing definition of upstream. I imagine you probably understand that plastics, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizers are made out of petroleum derivatives, right?

Since you seem pretty smart: are there petroleum based cooking oils?

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