Comment FYI, these clouds are in the mesosphere ... (Score 1) 132
Convection stops in the stratosphere (because there is no temperature inversion there) so very difficult for gases and vapors rising from the ground to reach this desolate place.
Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;
both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have made them.
OK, Hubbert, not Burton, but the theory originally was based on gelogical availability. Now it's complicated by other factors.
The so-called U.S. peak in the 70's merely signalled a shift to relying on imported oil. Coal production "peaked" too, but no one can argue that we're running out of coal.
My point is that no one seems to be concerned anymore about running out of oil now, whereas Jimmie Carter et al. warned that it was imminent way back in the 70's. If oil came only from squashed ferns and dinosaur remains, we would have run out a long time ago.
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