[Getready]

Uh...pardon me energy epochist author person...what chemical mechanism was involved in harnessing the “new” energy sources? How did the organism prevent oxygen from oxidizing any living systems newly evolved chemistry or new membranes, enzyme systems.Fire,a fast oxidizer, usually disintegrates its substrate.Why would slow oxidation be a source of energy but not a source of disruption? Why do we take antioxidant compounds? Why do we use hydrogen peroxide to disinfect wounds?The uv light from sunlight can easily destroy microorganisms...it is used in sterilizing whole “clean” rooms on a commercial and medical basis...it is very useful as a destroyer of life...not a builder...heat also speeds up reactions and many of the reactions lead to disorder more often than order, on average...thats why we use autoclaves to “heat sterilize” different products.uh...pasteurization,cooking food,ring a bell?...pretty graphics though...

[Louis Foxwell]

He leaves out elan vitale.

[grey_whiskers]

Go to the link ("Nature" hyperlink, not the "this is an exceprt" hyperlink, which is broken) and read the article.

A mixture of pseudo intellectual posturing and showboating.

Using fire as an energy source is cooking (it is "predigestion" which delivers more energy than raw food, and widens the variety of foods eaten), with additional references made to (I'm not kidding!) manufacturing of tools, iron smelting, and the internal combustion engine.

I'm appalled at what passes for research anymore. And this is in Nature.

SJW converged.