• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Back up…dude with a 10th grade level understanding of biology and chemistry coming through with a question…

    So carbon-based life forms can, under the right circumstances, decompose into long chains of hydrocarbons like Petroleum.

    Does that mean silicon-based life forms under the right circumstances would break down into hydrosilicates like caulk?