To: JeanLM
So now where did all that carbon buried for 300+ million years come from? It came from the CO2 that the forest inhaled and then converted into the stuff of life and now energy.
There are relatively few fossils in coal. It is mostly carbon. The isotope ratios of various elements do not support the idea of coal as having originated from buried, compressed plant material.
8 posted on
06/23/2009 5:58:54 AM PDT by
aruanan
To: aruanan
There’s no question that coal is the result of compressed plant material. I was active in the Illinois Basin and the evidence of leaves was obvious.
To: aruanan
If you look at coal, the plants are there in your hands, right before you eyes. To state otherwise is preposterous balderdash.
20 posted on
06/23/2009 3:49:03 PM PDT by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . The boy's war in Detriot has already cost more then the war in Iraq.)
To: aruanan
Is there a "facepalm" with your picture on it?
25 posted on
06/23/2009 4:29:55 PM PDT by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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