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Great illustration on the total amount of coal burned in the UK (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 months ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/climate
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Just imagine burning up the top 7.5cm of ground in the whole world. The whole atmosphere would be covered in a thick cloud of smoke.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 31 points 2 months ago

I didn't realize it would be that much.

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago

Holy FUCK.

[–] mbgid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's all metric until the final part 😭

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

The curse of using English as a proxy language

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 5 points 2 months ago

You'd think 3 inches is not that much. But that's a trap.

[–] houseofleft 4 points 2 months ago

This, combined with the fact that global emissions have skyrocketted since the late 80s, which is also (not coincidentally) when UK hugely ramped down it's national coal production, really make me wonder the total mass of fossil fuels burned (not just produced)!