Re: [Phys-l] Climate Change - Is it Controversial?

[Robert Carlson <rcarlson@physicstoolkit.com>]

I disagree, so I'll ask the question again.  Are fossil fuels called fossil fuels because they were once lifeforms?

--- On Tue, 3/10/09, David Appell <appell@nasw.org> wrote:

> From: David Appell <appell@nasw.org>
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Climate Change - Is it Controversial?
> To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> Cc: rcarlson@physicstoolkit.com
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:30 PM
> Robert Carlson wrote:
> > Well, does the fossil in fossil fuels suggest ancient
> lifeforms, or 
> > something else other than lifeforms?
>
> Who cares? It has absolutely nothing to do with lifeforms
> or the lack of them.
>
> Your questions in this regard are useless and completely
> miss the point, and are detracting from the question at
> hand, which is how do to we prevent the ancient carbon
> dioxide we are digging up from perturbing our planet's
> atmosphere and oceans.
>
> David