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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 months agoCoal only exists because the bacteria did not exist to break the plant matter down yet when those trees died.
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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 months agoCoal only exists because the bacteria did not exist to break the plant matter down yet when those trees died.
cynar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It can be formed, just not in the vast quantities it was back then. It requires unusual conditions to stop fungi making a meal out of it, before it gets buried deep enough.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
True. Limited areas like peat bogs.