Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Origin of Life
There's been an intellectual tradition in the origin of life as a field, going back to that milliori experiment the 19 fifties. The idea that the earth was like jupiter and that it gases like methane and ammonia and hydrogen it sat wasn't exactly a discredited idea. If you could make them react, you can strip c o two out of the atmosphere, reverse globe warming and convert it into into synthetic gasoleneand solve the energy problem as well. These are ideas that if we could make it work, wo would have a massive impact on on the world.
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