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minus-squareDogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·16 hours agoDidn’t those trees become coal, not oil?
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours 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.
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-216 hours agoI think near water they became oil and far from water they became coal
minus-squareRunawayFixer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·14 hours 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-up16·14 hours agoOil was effectively plankton and other sea stuff. Coal was forests.
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.
I think near water they became oil and far from water they became coal
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/
Cool
Oil was effectively plankton and other sea stuff.
Coal was forests.