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> They argue as early as the Carboniferous era (~350 million years ago) "there has been sufficient fossil carbon to fuel an industrial civilization comparable w
by graphe 4y ago
> They argue as early as the Carboniferous era (~350 million years ago) "there has been sufficient fossil carbon to fuel an industrial civilization comparable with our own".
- adastra22 4y agoYes, but the point is those fossil fuels remained in the ground. They weren't used up by the hypothetical technological civilization.