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mattclarkdotnettoday at 7:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

Why would any of those compounds come from fossil fuels? Sulfur is mined, hydrogen peroxide is water with some oxygen taken off, and sodium carbonate is made from salt and limestone


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Perz1valtoday at 7:49 AM

Because they can, because when refining petroleum products you get a lot of crap that's not carbohydrates

wombatpmtoday at 9:19 AM

Sulfur is produced when the H2S is removed from petroleum and natural gas. Elemental sulfur is burned to produce Sulfuric acid using the Contact Process.