# Fossil Fuel Replenishment

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossil-fuel-replenishment/715246 "2015-03-18T00:06:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossil-fuel-replenishment/715246/21 "2015-03-19T17:32:06Z")

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Peat is most commonly formed by moss, but the peat that formed from the carboniferous forests (and turned into coal seams) was not.

> [@eschereal](#):
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> That is a sort of typo-like error where I left out a “not”.

For a few glorious moments, this was the best thread ever. Space dinosaurs!

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