[Mz]

You know, I feel really crappy today. I am not finding anything that readily matches my recollection of the process, though glycolysis and atp come up in my search and that partially matches my memory. Maybe you could link me to something that fairly clearly shows what you mean? My understanding is "burn" = "consume oxygen".

Thanks.

[robbiep]

burning is oxidation, and oxidation requires O2 (although it doesn't always require O2 -oxidation chemically speaking is stripping Electrons and Hydrogen atoms out of a molecule. Which liberates energy.

So you are right. My take on your comment was that you had confused Carbon and oxygen... Since Carbon is the fuel and Oxygen is the oxidising agent , and the convention is basically to talk about the fuel as the one that is being consumed.

I don't have any videos or anything but if you are interested I have attached a link to my old biochemistry notes which, especially if you have a rusty background in anything resembling science, should hopefully jump you along a bit

http://sdrv.ms/SHJQHs

[Mz]

Thanks. I will try to look for something some other time to clarify my understanding. Some time when I feel less crappy.