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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The half life of C14 is about 4500 years. Due to the age of coal, generally millions on years it tends to contain crazy small amounts of C14, just like petrol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Crazy small amounts is still a larger amount than zero.