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As I said, no exceptions.

Fungi, like animals, consume plant material. Every biomolecule in plants was converted from atmospheric carbon dioxide through the process of photosynthesis. Everything that consumes plant material, directly from plants or through the intermediary of animals—and yes, fungi—is consuming atmospheric carbon dioxide.

No exceptions.

To be a little more precise Mom, you said, "every bit of food on the table was atmospheric carbon dioxide just a few short months ago. No exceptions." and fungi are consuming decayed plant matter which can be years, decades, even centuries old, and not "atmospheric carbon dioxide just a few short months ago."

You are an ex-Democrat now Mom, you've matured, you can admit a mistake when you've made one. Or are you still haunted by your Democrat past?

Of course you don’t. Law is not a subject you have studied. brain dead HR bimbo type only know what corporate memos tell them. They have no brain to discern ethics and moral values. If someone else tells them they can do something they do it. Rare is it they ever have ethics or morals.

I think you are deliberately misreading what I wrote and using your deliberate misinterpretation to try to claim that I said something inaccurate.

Most commercial mushrooms are grown on compost which is a fairly fresh product. But let's pretend that some mushrooms are growing in compost that is a thousand, ten thousand, a million years old or older. That still does not change the fact that the compost is the product of decay of organic material that is formed of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Therefore, when the mushrooms incorporate that decaying organic matter into their bodies, they are incorporating material that was originally atmospheric carbon dioxide.

As I said, every biomolecule in every living organism originated as atmospheric carbon dioxide.

No exceptions.

Brain dead HR bimbo types? I think you've quoted from the wrong post there Mom, but let's ignore that and move on to the error you made that I previously pointed out.

You stated that all the food on the table was atmospheric CO2 just a few short months ago - without exception. And this is obviously an error and I gave you a case (mushrooms) which clearly demonstrated your error. Now, as expected you have ignored your original words about a few short months ago and are trying to deny your mistake. A limited case of commercial mushrooms being grown in fresh compost (as if there was such a thing) does not cover up your error. Most mushrooms are not being grown commercially and they are not being grown in fresh compost, they are out growing in the real world. As a specific example I give you the Turkey Tail mushrooms in my backyard busily consuming a 100+ year old walnut tree that died and fell over several years ago. These Turkey Tails are biomass and they were not atmospheric CO2 several short months ago and they are an exception to what you wrote and they prove your statement to be wrong.

But don't worry about it Mom, I'm just having fun with you while trying to win a bet with another Freeper that has wagered me a virtual steak dinner that you are incapable of ever admitting to making a mistake. A bet which I have now lost.

And just for a little more fun, here is another error you have just made:

"As I said, every biomolecule in every living organism originated as atmospheric carbon dioxide."

"No exceptions."

And again, you will never be able to admit you made an error here either. The error: you have completely ignored oceanic CO2 which having been created in the ocean and consumed by oceanic plant life has spent no time in the atmosphere and yet has been incorporated into a biological life form. But unfortunately, I have already lost the bet and even if you were to admit to this error it would not win me my virtual steak dinner as I have already lost that bet :(

You let me down Mom, I really thought your need to be always right was not so deeply ingrained. Obviously, I was wrong LOL

Yes, I did paste the wrong quote. That's what happens when I realize I need to go somewhere and fail to proofread.

Other than that, you should educate yourself about the vast carbon cycle. Carbon in all of its forms, including carbon dioxide, moves between the atmosphere, bodies of water, living things, and even certain minerals. This process has been going on for billions of years.

Here, I will save you the trouble of taking Biology 101, where most scientists get their first real introduction to the carbon cycle:

Carbon Cycle

As I said, there are no exceptions to the fact that all carbon dioxide--the basic building block of *all* life--has come from the atmosphere. And it will return to the atmosphere.

"Carbon in all of its forms, including carbon dioxide, moves between the atmosphere, bodies of water,"

Sorry Mom, but you and that little graphic that you posted are not taking into account the CO2 that is coming out of undersea volcanoes and has never been in the atmosphere. "No exceptions" you said and yet the use of that CO2 by oceanic plant life is an exception. Keep trying though Mom, your fanbase is counting on you!

Oh, puhleeze. It is obvious you are a troll and must look for any way you can to try to prove you know more than an expert in the field. So what if volcanos spew some CO2 that may or may not have been in the atmosphere before? Do you seriously think that the CO2 thus released is NEVER going to end up in the atmosphere? Hint: most of it ends up in the atmosphere rather quickly. And when farmers grow that food (whether it is produce or animals), that food consists entirely of atmospheric CO2. No exceptions.

Mom, you said that all biomass was atmospheric CO2 just a few short months before - "No exceptions." But I've given you several exceptions:

1.) Mushrooms in my back yard consuming a tree that has been dead for years.

2.) Oceanic CO2 that has never been in the atmosphere.

I can continue pointing out exceptions to your statement it you would like. Would you care to talk about anaerobic life processes?

But further conversation would be pointless now wouldn't it Mom? Admit it, you are psychologically incapable of admitting that you made a mistake. I've been having fun pointing out your hubris but there is really no point in continuing. I will stop by once in awhile to point out errors in your future postings just for a laugh but for now I'm finished with you. Have a nice evening.

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