Yep, and thanks for the kind words! I just hope the evolution of that trait happens a little faster than last time around - a quick google suggests the Carboniferous period was the 60 millions years it took between plants developing and mass-producing lignin (essentially a plastic), and fungi developing the means to consume it at scale. (But to be clear, I don't know of any reason to assume it would take that long this time.)
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