I just realised that I have never seen or used it, neither crude oil of course, but there are more variants of it than this natural mineral that powers a lot of the world.

What led to you seeing or touching coal?

  • NeatNit
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    9 months ago

    I see a lot of “yes” here, so let me chime in with: no, I don’t think I ever have.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      This question got me. I’m 53, too young to have seen it used for household heat or the like. Was a major rockhound as a child, knew all about rocks.

      I roll my own lump charcoal for black powder. If you handed me a chunk of coal, I’d say, “Yep. That’s coal.”

      I’ve… never seen coal.