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   clams casino to JTEM   
   Re: Reading 819-1a (archive)   
   15 Dec 24 23:06:48   
   
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   On 12/15/2024 3:14 PM, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 12/15/24 3:15 PM, Bob F wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Human activities emit 60 or more times the amount of carbon dioxide   
   >> released by volcanoes each year.   
   >   
   > We're *Way* overdue for a super volcanic eruption, as there hasn't   
   > been one in the entirety of the Holocene.   
   >   
   > Many are active right now, including Yellowstone. When that explodes,   
   > and it will (it's a "When?" and not an "If?") we're speaking of the   
   > energy equivalent to 100,000 nuclear weapons, and that's a conservative   
   > estimate. When Toba exploded over 70,000 years ago it was roughly 2.5x   
   > larger.   
   >   
   > Toba is also active right now.   
   >   
   > The massive Krakatoa eruption in the late 1800s was roughly 1/50th   
   > Yellowstone, btw.   
   >   
   > What I'm saying is that you are a textbook example of scale. You're   
   > looking at today, when "Climate" and what is normal needs thousands   
   > if not tens of thousands of years to determine what is "Normal."   
   >   
   > Human will die in the cold. A super volcano (caldera) will explode   
   > and this will touch off a glacial period -- what you think of as an   
   > "Ice Age." If all goes well, the northern hemisphere will be fully   
   > recovered in 1000 to 1400 years.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Solar cycle 26 is a cold bitch, and she's a comin'!   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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