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    Huge petrified Beech forests right along the Eastern side of Antarctica as well.

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    Proof Antarctica use to be in a more temperate latitude in its history.

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    Better not let on to the B-I-G mining companies that it's down there, if they find out and get their way, it'll be a moon scape real quick.

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    The battle to stop oil drilling has been going on for at least 50 years that I am aware of. Given that it the least damaged by modern man place on the face of the planet I'm hoping it stays that way. Personally I'd like to see fishing banned from the area as well.
    The harvesting of Krill alone from the Auckland Islands up has drastically affected wildlife.

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    I used to work at a coal terminal. Pretty neat. There are a ton of different types of coal, some of them are chemically unstable. They have to spray them with water regularly or they can spontaneously combust in the presence of oxygen. Weird.

    Also synthetic coal as a byproduct from the oil and gas industry.

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    I look at furnaces such as the Fluidyne which are clean burning but here in NZ a major waste disposal facility using the technology to convert an old disused coal-fired power station,(the old Huntly East),was stopped dead by the greenie eco-terrorists. It would be nice if only facts and not emotions were considered when making important decisions. Now the problems of waste disposal have been exacerbated with the same greenie eco-terrorists jumping up and down yelling and screaming that we need to stop burying rubbish or at least don't do it anywhere they are affected. Putting a stop to Waste to Energy solutions really helps.
    Still wouldn't want any mining in Antarctica.
    I didn't know about the coals that needed to be kept wet.

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    Around here they were protesting windmills because birds or something, and then shot down a huge concrete recycling plant. I think Sweden has the right idea. They have a massive waste-to-energy program. They burn trash and turn it into electricity. It's been so successful that they're importing garbage from other countries.

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    Hi NortonDommi, There are a couple of books I want to recommend to you that I found interesting. If I could (or knew how to) send you this message privately I would. My comments seem to sometimes open an unwanted Pandora's box. I don't know if you have time to read but I think you would enjoy these.

    Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad by Christine MacDonald

    Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom by Patrick Moore (I'm still reading this one but so far its a winner)
    Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed.

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