Sub0ptimalPrime
Sub0ptimalPrime t1_j7qaru9 wrote
Reply to comment by Endorkend in What would happen to a person standing on the edge of a faultline when it moves? by Endorkend
It's also important to note that the energy epicenter is below ground. So the release of energy (the equivalent of the volcanic "explosion" you speak of) is actually below ground at the point of greatest elastic rebound (or friction overcome). That "explosion" has to then travel through thousands of feet of rock (depending on how deep the epicenter is, which is controlled by what kind of plate margin it is), so it is greatly dissipated.
Edit: has to travel through *miles of rock ("thousands of feet of rock" wasn't wrong, but doesn't put the reader in the right frame of magnitude)
Sub0ptimalPrime t1_j7zprl9 wrote
Reply to Is the relative contribution to global warming of greenhouse gasses settled science? by BrndNwAccnt
Just a side point that I think is relevant to this discussion: It's almost impossible to accurately measure the massive amounts of GHGs from any single source, much less from ALL of them. This is not to say that they shouldn't be approximated and they could end up being pretty accurate percentage-wise, but the exact measurements are assuredly wrong just because the system we are trying to measure is so HUGE and dynamic. Science is never settled, but this is currently the best guess based on other observed principles.