So , we get to the end of the carboniferous (and the majority of the coal measures are laid down) and one coal field is torched due to volcanics. We get to the Industrial revolution and how many coal fields do we start to mine?
When I look at some of the 'open cast' operations my mind boggles at the scale of things. When I look at the Chinese figures for extraction and burning my mind boggles.
If we look at the area of the Siberian traps and compare that to the area we have extracted since 1850 alone I think you'll see that we have taken a far greater area out than that impacted by the Late Permian event?
Then we move onto oil and natural gas (on top od the Coal usage).
As for not mentioning GHG's;
"Previous researchers have suggested massive volcanic eruptions through coal beds in Siberia would generate significant greenhouse gases causing run away global warming.
"Our research is the first to show direct evidence that massive volcanic eruptions -- the largest the world has ever witnessed -caused massive coal combustion thus supporting models for significant generation of greenhouse gases at this time,"
The info is out there 4WD so the good folk on the board can decide themselves what is 'Foolish' and what is not?
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ko.yaa.nis.katsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life disintegrating. 4. life out of balance. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.
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