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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Tue Aug-10-04 09:03 AM
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4. Carbon in the atmosphere gets bombarded by cosmic rays

Edited on Tue Aug-10-04 09:04 AM by JCCyC

and thus maintains a constant C14 proportion. As soon as a living being stops feeding on its environment, decay begins.

This is a rough explanation, maybe the details differ. Maybe it's nitrogen that gets mutated into C14, I don'k know for sure.

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