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by Geee 331 days ago
Well, that's what oil and coal are. Oil is formed from marine biomass, and coal is formed from plants.
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The rate at which these are formed over time is very very small. Almost all carbon fixed by photosynthesis is oxidized over a much shorter time scale.
Coal no longer forms, oil is still forming but far slower than the rate consumed.