This article compares the amount of carbon stored in the world's coal beds to the carbon found in the Earth's current biomass. It estimates that coal beds contain approximately 4.9 times more carbon than the existing biomass. However, when considering a hypothetical scenario where all land is as productive as tropical forests, the ratio drops to 1.4, which the author suggests supports a creationist viewpoint, implying the biblical flood could account for the formation of substantial coal deposits from a previously more abundant biomass. The study highlights the potential importance of coal as a global energy resource and touches on the uncertainties in estimating the total amount of coal.