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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 day agoCellular respiration is sugar + oxygen -> water + CO2 Combustion reactions are often characterized as anything that is something + oxygen -> water + optionally something else.
minus-squarecelsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 day agoYou’re correct. It does meet the definition of combustion. I misspoke. The post claims that cells are being set on fire. That claim is categorically untrue.
minus-squareUnbecredible@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day ago‘claim’ Lmao that’s a strong word for an off-the-cuff conversational riff you saw on social media.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-224 hours agoThere’s always someone that takes things way too literally
Cellular respiration is sugar + oxygen -> water + CO2
Combustion reactions are often characterized as anything that is something + oxygen -> water + optionally something else.
You’re correct. It does meet the definition of combustion. I misspoke. The post claims that cells are being set on fire. That claim is categorically untrue.
‘claim’
Lmao that’s a strong word for an off-the-cuff conversational riff you saw on social media.
There’s always someone that takes things way too literally