"More naturalistic"; a phrase I'm beginning to take a serious dislike to. How exactly, is wood more natural than stone? Is water "more naturalistic" than air?
I love the fact that a photo about the wobbly fence at the zoo has dissolved into a discussion about whether stone is Organic or not :O) fantastic!
So as a bonafide geek I feel duty bound to get involved - Limestone and several other types of stone were indeed once organic (i.e. made from shells and bodies of long dead little creatures as you know) they question now is since they are now stone are they organic or inorganic? From a chemistry viewpoint they would have to be Inorganic as they are no made from Carbon building blocks? - but I like to argue the point!
I love the fact that a photo about the wobbly fence at the zoo has dissolved into a discussion about whether stone is Organic or not :O) fantastic!
So as a bonafide geek I feel duty bound to get involved - Limestone and several other types of stone were indeed once organic (i.e. made from shells and bodies of long dead little creatures as you know) they question now is since they are now stone are they organic or inorganic? From a chemistry viewpoint they would have to be Inorganic as they are no made from Carbon building blocks? - but I like to argue the point!
My serious answer would be that it's inorganic but of organic origin. But that's no fun!
(although the pedant in me wants to point out that while limestone is unlikely to contain organic carbon compounds - proteins, carbohydrates etc etc - it would contain carbon, in the form of calcium carbonate)
oh go on JR - you know you want to! Maguari - I agree - but now do we get onto the whole argument about 'free' Carbon and 'bound' Carbon - or is that more about emancipation of carbon than we care to discuss :O) heh heh
oh go on JR - you know you want to! Maguari - I agree - but now do we get onto the whole argument about 'free' Carbon and 'bound' Carbon - or is that more about emancipation of carbon than we care to discuss :O) heh heh
Hehe, I was never any good at science (fluked a double 'B' at GCSE). The only part of science I could do was things to do with animals, habitat, adaption, evolution etc
The removing of these Sand Stone walls is like somebody taking a Bulldozer to the Lubtkin Concrete structures at Dudley,it would destroy the whole feel of the zoo!Which is just what Chester seem to be set on doing at the moment!
