To: decimon
My question is simple, Where did the plant matter for the coal come from? As I understand it, it takes massive amounts of plant matter being laid down over millenia and then being covered by soil and rock and then compressed to make coal.
On the other hand it could have been massive peat bog fires which can be VERY smoky and last for years.
In any case, it’s a theory and to prove it one way or another is going to take a lot of research which in turn needs massive grants to fund the researchers. Which I suspect is the real reason for the theory in the first place.
20 posted on
12/22/2011 1:52:55 PM PST by
The Working Man
(The mantra for BO's reign...."No Child Left a Dime")
To: The Working Man
Actually, the Mount St. Helens eruption produced an instant coal field out of the forrest below the volcano.
22 posted on
12/22/2011 2:05:35 PM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: The Working Man
Actually, the Mount St. Helens eruption produced an instant coal field out of the forest below the volcano.
23 posted on
12/22/2011 2:05:54 PM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: The Working Man
...which in turn needs massive grants to fund the researchers. Which I suspect is the real reason for the theory in the first place.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
42 posted on
12/23/2011 5:35:45 PM PST by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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