Re: A reply to James

Randy Landrum (randyl@efn.org)
Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:31:18 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Arthur V. Chadwick wrote:

> John writes:
> The sheer volume of coal in the world,
> >including that already mined (see any good almanac) is far too much to have
> >been
> >formed in one short year anyway (a similar argument exists for coral beds).
>
> I doubt that anyone, YEC or otherwise would assert that the material
> preserved as coal was the result of one year of growth, especially a "short
> year", especially if the earth was covered with water and the sky occluded
> with clouds.
>
> Art
> http://chadwicka.swau.edu
>

Could coal have been formed by tree bark?

-Randy