Here is something that occurred to me, concerning the
'coal fired' power plant issue.
One of the main objections, aside from the particulate discharge into the air
(containing Mercury),
the coal ash has significant amounts of
Mercury and Arsenic and other heavy metals.
My first thought was, "hey, we have need of and uses for
Mercury and Arsenic et al in industry,
why not treat the coal ash as a resource like a mine and
Find a way to extract all that?"
(keep following my reasoning)
Then I thought;
The plants we have today fix contaminants in the environment into
the wood and vegetable matter as they grow.
Oil was formed by micro organisms in the oceans dying and being laid down.
Coal was formed on land by plant matter, dying and being laid down.
So the coal of today was formed by plants,
Living in an environment where there were
High levels of Mercury and Arsenic and other
Heavy metal pollutants.
Conclusion?
There was an industrial revolution millions of years ago that
Polluted the planet and caused a crash, leading to the formation of our
Present day fossil fuels.
We are just repeating history.
"Repeating History"
by
Jerry E Smith
©6/2/2018
These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited; many thanks
i dont think there was a industrial revolution like this one ,and what specifically prompted you to think just some minerals can only be produced by machines
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Nowhere did I say that "just some minerals could be produced by machines"
(Although if you really think about your statement, machines do not
PRODUCE minerals, they USE minerals and produce
By products as waste)
There is evidence all over the world that ours is not the
First great civilization, perhaps not industrial in the sense
That ours is, but many had extensive mining (copper and tin)
For instance, the smelting of which produce toxic byproducts.
And all that can be found in OUR DETECTABLE
archaeological records. Who are we to say what predated the
Dinosaurs and that world changing cataclysm?
Just some thoughts my friend, just some thoughts.
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