[fsckboy]

>I can’t fathom how we could think that, surely as long as plates move around and stone weathers this sort of geological events can happen?

I learned recently (can't remember where, or how reliable) that plate tectonics did not create mountain ranges till carbon life had been around for awhile, because the carbon layers left behind are slippery (graphite) and allow one plate to slide over another plate. Prior to that, the plates simply pulverized each other.

anybody know if this is true?