Burning coal seams in China (some natural, most due to their mining incompetence) put out more “greenhouse gases” each year than the entire output of USA cars and trucks.
Coal seam fires can burn for hundreds of years.
From the interwebs:
The oldest known coal seam fire on earth, another “Burning Mountain” located in New South Wales, Australia has been active for over 6,000 years and is particularly visible. Over the past seven years, the fire has been picked up dozens of times, showing its general movement south across the landscape.
Maybe sometime I’ll try to compare this fire’s CO2 output to Austraila’s manmade output. And both are a fraction of the REAL chemical that accounts for 97% of the earth’s greenhouse gases - natural water vapor.
“Burning coal seams in China (some natural, most due to their mining incompetence) put out more “greenhouse gases” each year than the entire output of USA cars and trucks.”
One of my favorite ground truths...