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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.
I didn't realize it would be that much.
Holy FUCK.
It's all metric until the final part 😭
The curse of using English as a proxy language
You'd think 3 inches is not that much. But that's a trap.
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)!
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
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