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Comment by jandrewrogers

"Imagine all significant above-ground petroleum storage in RF/USA - large petroleum producers - is ignited."

During the First Gulf War, the uncontrolled oil fires in Kuwait were burning at a rate equivalent to 30% of all US consumption. Nothing remotely resembling a climate apocalypse occurred; major volcanic eruptions have far greater effects. Empirically, it seems highly improbable that repeating that experiment on modestly larger scale will unleash a global apocalypse. It isn't a convincing argument based on the evidence.

The above-ground petroleum storage facilities only hold days worth of oil that we are going to burn anyway.

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