[idlewords]

This nerdbait story is all over the internet but is not true.

See https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1517943113, "Delayed fungal evolution did not cause the Paleozoic peak in coal production"

Stop burning petroleum and wait long enough and it will re-form just fine.

[xjm]

Did not know that, thank you. However how do you know it will re-form just fine? The abstract says:

> Instead, coal accumulation patterns implicate a unique combination of climate and tectonics during Pangea formation.

and I don't know how to determine if those conditions will happen again?