Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still Out of Control

Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by tome on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:18AM (#11835345)

> a permafrost that holds insane amount of methane and other carbohydrates.

I never had this thought until now, but the things you eat are called carbohydrates whilst the things you burn are called hydrocarbons.

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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by shalmanese on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:13AM (#11840091)

Carbohydrates like Glucose contain Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen (C6H12O6). Hydrocarbons like Methane contain only Carbon and Hydrogen (CH4).

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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by tome on Sunday June 05, 2016 @01:33PM (#11842040)

I take your point, but do we not say that ethanol powered cars run on hydrocarbons?

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Re:Canada’s $6.9B Wildfire Is the Size of Delaware and Still... by dogma1138 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @04:51AM (#11835566)

You are correct sir! :D Never drink and post

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