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What I am, apparently inarticularly, trying to convey, is that what is
relevant is the chemistry, not the history.
But, out of curiosity, why do you care? And, if I have mistakenly
mislabeled you as a fundamentalist Christian, I deeply apologize.
Regards,
Jack
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Robert Carlson wrote:
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:ancient lifeforms, or
Well, does the fossil in fossil fuels suggest
lifeforms or the lack ofsomething else other than lifeforms?
Who cares? It has absolutely nothing to do with
them.completely miss the point,
Your questions in this regard are useless and
and are detracting from the question at hand, which ishow do to we
prevent the ancient carbon dioxide we are digging upfrom perturbing our
planet's atmosphere and oceans.https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l
David
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