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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What about sub elements?

You have metal and earth, and then metalloids.

Elements with a lot of alpha or beta emissions are lighting.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Some ~~Earth benders~~ Geologists can manipulate metal tho.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Earth? Wood comes from trees and other plants that both grow from the earth, and decompose back into the earth.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But they grow of air and water without significantly consuming the earth they grow in.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but the earth provides many nutrients required that cannot be obtained by air and water alone. That’s why farmers have to rotate crops often.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

ah yes, the famous forest rotation

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

We're getting into minecraft chemistry here

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I tried to make a woodchuck rhyme out of that and have linguistically satiated myself