I note that in all of our exchanges you have yet to answer any of my questions, choosing instead to respond with bafflegab, but I'll ask them again just to give you a second chance.
1. The 1980's were the warmest record decade in history. The 1990's broke that record. The 2000's broke the 1990's record. And the current decade is the warmest yet. How do you account for that?
2. Sea levels are rising. Areas that were once dry land at high tide are now threatened by rising water. How do you account for that?
3. Glaciers worldwide are shrinking. How do you account for that?
4. The Greenland icecap is melting. How do you account for that?
5. The Arctic Ocean no longer completely freezes over even in winter. How do you account for that?
6. "Once in a century" violent storms now occur pretty much every year. How do you account for that?
Don't worry I don't really expect a coherent answer to any of these questions.
And you are so lacking in education that you think it doesn't. Ever heard of coal? Over 50% of its weight is carbon. Ditto for wood.
And oil and natural gas are hydrocarbons. Looks like you should go back to school.
Smurfette...
Warmest on record of a record that only dates back 120 years is not the warmest decade in history.
Don't be a fool.
BTW COAL IS A HYDROCARBON...
Black Coal
Coal was discovered in the fire pits of cave dwellings, supplying evidence it has been used as a source of energy throughout man’s history. The Chinese considered coal a ‘stone that could burn’ and were mining it over 3000 years ago. The Greek scientist, Theophrastus, recorded the use of coal for smelting metal around 300 BC and the Romans used coal to heat their public baths. The increased use of coal for power generation in Britain in the 18th century fuelled the global Industrial Revolution.
Coal is now one of the world’s largest sources of energy. Global coal consumption grew by 7.6% in 2010, with Asia Pacific countries accounting for 79.7% of the increase.
What is black coal made from?
Coal is a combustible sedimentary rock found in layers under the earth known as coal seams or coal beds. Considered a fossil fuel,
coal is formed when the build-up of organic material and fossil remains is pressurised over millions of years by layers of sediment, causing a breakdown of this material into hydrocarbons (referred to as ‘coalification’).
During its formation over millions of years, coal matures from a soft peat, through to its hardest form, graphite. Depending on both its colour and composition, the product is classified as brown coal or black coal. Black coal is the highest grade of coal and includes sub-bituminous and bituminous coal, through to shiny black anthracite. Graphite is technically the hardest form of coal, however, it does not easily ignite and is used in pencils and lubricants, rather than energy production.
Coal is primarily composed of carbon (from 50 to 98 per cent) and hydrogen (3 to 13 percent) with the remainder comprised of varying amounts of oxygen, sulphur and nitrogen. Black coal has a relatively high carbon content (71 to 91 percent) and low moisture content (under 10 percent).
