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


Actually no Jack, I'm not religious at all. I'm trying to get agreement on definitions and what we say we are using for fuel. If we say it is fossil fuel, then I assume we are talking about previous life forms. If we are talking about carbon, an element, then this may or may not be a previous life form on Earth. So, are we saying we are burning fossil fuels or carbon?


--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov> wrote:

From: Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Climate Change - Is it Controversial?
To: appell@nasw.org, "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 7:14 PM
Hi David-
You are falling into Carlson's trap by adopting his
language.
What we are digging up (or piping up) is fuel that releases
CO2 into the
air when it burns.
Carlson's questions sound like he is a new earth
creationist who
lives in his own bible-based reality,
Regards,
Jack

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, David Appell wrote:

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



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