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OrneryGringo OP t1_iuj8rt6 wrote

Reply to comment by dt030 in Eli5: how is it possible that a wooden barrel, which is used for aging alcohol, does not rot away. by OrneryGringo

Does this mean, that with the bacteria today, the ground isn't able to "make" coal any more?

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dt030 t1_iuj9hu3 wrote

It certainly wouldn’t form the same way to the same level as it did in that period.

I’m not sure if there is none being formed or whether, meteor, nuclear winter, biblical flood could result in the formation of new layers of coal.

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SomeDumbGamer t1_iujshyg wrote

I think it could still form in places like peat bogs or salt marshes that have a lot of organic matter but little oxygen.

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