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Oxygen. (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/54762/did-cyanobacteria-commit-evolutionary-suicide-by-producing-oxygen

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[–] RizzRustbolt 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not only is our atmosphere made of rocket fuel, but our planet's crust is made up of the most oxidizing substances in the universe.

Our whole planet is a massive bomb waiting for the right trigger to set it off.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The atmosphere is made of rocket oxidizer, not fuel. Fuel would be something that reacts with oxygen: Hydrogen, Methane, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the pov of an organism in a high-oxygen atmosphere, thats true. But on a planet with little to no oxygen in the atmosphere, it would have to be added separately, the same way we add fuel

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't change the chemistry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would change how you perceive the chemistry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The electron acceptor would still be the oxidizer.