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RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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