I will try and keep the flow of the discussions moving towards our objective. Issues associated with discovery, extraction and use of fuels are much broader including hydropower, windpower impacts. Flow could be discovery, extraction, development, processing, transport, use, waste disposal, reclamation of land. Must balance need for energy versus environmental issues. Niche may be to take a look at that.
Coal basin is finite, but emissions are global.
The USGS has expertise to look at different scales. This scale issue affects resource study linkage to environmental studies. Weedman stressed that we consider how we fit in internationally. Emissions in China is affecting Hg accumulation in the Florida Everglades. ERP works below the human interface, feeding data through arrows.