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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Thanks! I'm no chemist and was going on just a fundamental understanding of the Conservation of Mass.

[–] • 3 pts

I just asked the black guy who works at Chevron about this and he said banana muh dik.

I’m not a scientist. No idea if that’s correct.

[–] • 2 pts

Im neither a chemist nor a nigger; but that seems like a reasonable answer to me.

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From a slightly different angle, they're releasing energy by burning it. Burning isn't a reaction of the diesel with itself, it's combining with something else (air). So you'll have some extra mass coming from the environment.

Reminds me of when I learned that most of a tree's dry mass is from the air. Wood is literally made from air. Blows my mind.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

We need to get you 3 nerds in a room and record it as a lesson. I can sure use some of this info.....

[–] • 1 pt

Plants are solar powered units that combine carbon from the air with hydrogen from the ground.

[–] • 0 pt

Full marks to you both. Great stuff.