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DancingBear@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I think near water they became oil and fat from water they became coal

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RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
No, most coal comes from plants in swamps, because the water helped preserve the organic matter.

Plants in swamps die -> organic matter on the bottom of the swamp -> peat -> brown coal -> black coal.

Oil apparently comes mostly from plankton.

On the different origins: carboeurope.org/how-are-fossil-fuels-formed-the-s…

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- DancingBear@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Oil was effectively plankton and other sea stuff.

Coal was forests.

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- Child_of_the_bukkake@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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