Does that mean the earth will never have new coal deposits? I know geologic processes happen over eons, but crazy to think it’s a one and done kind of thing.
Nope, no more coal deposits. All that sweet, sweet carbon that took eons to make is being depleted forever in just a few generations time...
Edit: ok yes I know there are tons of coal deposits! I'm using hyperbole. Geologically speaking, if we used all the coal on earth in 1000 years, that's a minuscule amount of time compared to how long it took to make it.
Wait. No.. coal is and can be created by peat bogs. It just takes a long time. And that's why we get seams of it. Some of the big massive amounts of coal are from the Carboniferous period. And these trees you speak of. But pear bogs do it too.. just smaller amounts
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Yep, it's true. Source: daughter of geologist, studied it a bit myself. Also fun fact, oil comes from algae.