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Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Hydrothermal Vents - The Origin of Life in the Milky Way

There has to be some mechanism that simulates or drives this proton motive force. So if these ideas are correct, then he explains immediately why bacteria and arca have these same properties. These vents are produced by a reaction between rock and water. Theyare found on any wet rockig planet. And theyare found on icy moons in the solar system. Even mars has these reactions going on. But because these conditions are so common, ubiquitous, it's likely that you would have similar constraints on life arising on other planets for similar reasons. And then you're going to get stuck. It doesn't look like it, because what they're doing is stripping the hydrogen from water. The waste

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