Yes, well looking at it in terms of the differences between C12 and C13 I'd say the only thing that could cause much difference in their behaviour is the atomic weight, although it might be the case that the extra neutron shifts the electron energy levels slightly, although I'd have to check that one. So there maybe some mechanism where burning it can differentiate between the two, so it's unfair to call him a strawman at this stage.
Normally a paper is published and the paper will always contain references to the basis of the postulate, as is normal scientific protocol. So if he does not publish such a paper then maybe he might be one and it would not be the first time someone has done this, although to be fair this claim appears to be more for the purpose of communicating with other scientists, and this is a good thing since the more heads you have working on something often the better the results.
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