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minus-squareDogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·1 year agoDidn’t those trees become coal, not oil?
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoYes. I made mention of this in a reply to someone else as well. I’m not sure if my teacher (like 30 years ago) told us wrong or if I simply remembered it wrong.
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minus-squareRunawayFixer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·1 year agoNo, 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: https://www.carboeurope.org/how-are-fossil-fuels-formed-the-science-behind-oil-coal-and-natural-gas/
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoOil was effectively plankton and other sea stuff. Coal was forests.
minus-squareChild_of_the_bukkake@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBrother I finally found you. We come from the same place you and me. Remember that barn?
Didn’t those trees become coal, not oil?
Yes. I made mention of this in a reply to someone else as well. I’m not sure if my teacher (like 30 years ago) told us wrong or if I simply remembered it wrong.
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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: https://www.carboeurope.org/how-are-fossil-fuels-formed-the-science-behind-oil-coal-and-natural-gas/
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Oil was effectively plankton and other sea stuff.
Coal was forests.
Brother I finally found you.
We come from the same place you and me. Remember that barn?