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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.