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Alex · 04-13-2009, 12:19 PM

To be fair to her (and others who run into that comment), the percentage of non-zooplankton animals contributing to oil creation is probably not that much worse than the relative amount of bugs killed in producing a head of lettuce.

The ultimate source of crude oil (and natural gas) is almost entirely from algae and zooplankton. And only the most devoted vegans make any effort to avoid consumption of currently-living-zooplankton so million years-dead zooplankton really isn't a concern.

So in that sense, using petroleum based products is probably not any more hypocritical than a standard vegan diet.

Coal is more likely to contain "dinosaurs" but it it still overwhelmingly sourced from plants.

04-13-2009, 12:19 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	To be fair to her (and others who run into that comment), the percentage of non-zooplankton animals contributing to oil creation is probably not that much worse than the relative amount of bugs killed in producing a head of lettuce. The ultimate source of crude oil (and natural gas) is almost entirely from algae and zooplankton. And only the most devoted vegans make any effort to avoid consumption of currently-living-zooplankton so million years-dead zooplankton really isn't a concern. So in that sense, using petroleum based products is probably not any more hypocritical than a standard vegan diet. Coal is more likely to contain "dinosaurs" but it it still overwhelmingly sourced from plants.
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