The amount of debris is just too massive. According to Dr. Ian Plimer, a noted scientist and climatologist in Australia, this eruption put up more CO2 than mankind has in the last 5 years combined. It's really huge.
There is a story that years ago the EPA complained to the government of Hawaii about the gas pollution from one of their volcanoes. On the last day of their session, the rather punch-drunk legislature passed an informal resolution -- if the EPA didn't like the volcano, they should go up the slope and put a cork in it.
The amount of debris is just too massive. According to Dr. Ian Plimer, a noted scientist and climatologist in Australia, this eruption put up more CO2 than mankind has in the last 5 years combined. It's really huge.
There is a story that years ago the EPA complained to the government of Hawaii about the gas pollution from one of their volcanoes. On the last day of their session, the rather punch-drunk legislature passed an informal resolution -- if the EPA didn't like the volcano, they should go up the slope and put a cork in it.