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Could we live without Fire?


Mehmani

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Just a question. Imagine that Greek Myths were real. The primitive people that had just been created by Zeus and Prometheus were forbidden from having fire. What would it be like?

 

No glass.

No smithing or making of implements.

Only wood as a weapons.

No light sources.

 

Discuss.

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No engines' date=' no air travel, international trade stops, many countries which are not self-sufficient in food, such as America I believe, have huge famines and most the population dies of hunger.

 

There would be problems.

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because people wont think to kill things to eat. also america lacking food is pretty lulzy

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I did without 2yrs. I'm sure it'd be fine...

 

That's because you don't need fire where you live Josh, there is a reasonable temperate climate there.

 

And we could live without fire. Just the winter would be harsh and people would die.

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IDK if it's been said already but if Greek myths were real' date=' then we couldn't live without fire. They thought there was a fire inside of you that kept you alive. When it went out you were dead. Or maybe Rome said that.

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But, the greek myths aren't real.

 

It's possible, but it would be poor life.

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Ugh. Crap life.

 

But with fire' date=' do you mean flames or very high temperatures with light emission?

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Everything. All types, from sparks to huge furnaces.

 

All kinds? You mean including the minuscule heat energy that appears inside mitochondria when they oxidize carbohydrates?

 

Well, without that, I don't see how life can appear, damn it.

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Ugh. Crap life.

 

But with fire' date=' do you mean flames or very high temperatures with light emission?

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Everything. All types, from sparks to huge furnaces.

 

All kinds? You mean including the minuscule heat energy that appears inside mitochondria when they oxidize carbohydrates?

 

Well, without that, I don't see how life can appear, damn it.

 

Nah, that's just a change of temperature without light emission.

It's an oxidation, though......=/

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Ugh. Crap life.

 

But with fire' date=' do you mean flames or very high temperatures with light emission?

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Everything. All types, from sparks to huge furnaces.

 

All kinds? You mean including the minuscule heat energy that appears inside mitochondria when they oxidize carbohydrates?

 

Well, without that, I don't see how life can appear, damn it.

 

Nah, that's just a change of temperature without light emission.

It's an oxidation, though......=/

 

Did you ever see oxidation WITHOUT light emission? Wow, everything I know is wrong...

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Ugh. Crap life.

 

But with fire' date=' do you mean flames or very high temperatures with light emission?

[/quote']

 

Everything. All types, from sparks to huge furnaces.

 

All kinds? You mean including the minuscule heat energy that appears inside mitochondria when they oxidize carbohydrates?

 

Well, without that, I don't see how life can appear, damn it.

 

Nah, that's just a change of temperature without light emission.

It's an oxidation, though......=/

 

Did you ever see oxidation WITHOUT light emission? Wow, everything I know is wrong...

 

If you put an iron rod in the rain, does it start to glow? O_o

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Ugh. Crap life.

 

But with fire' date=' do you mean flames or very high temperatures with light emission?

[/quote']

 

Everything. All types, from sparks to huge furnaces.

 

All kinds? You mean including the minuscule heat energy that appears inside mitochondria when they oxidize carbohydrates?

 

Well, without that, I don't see how life can appear, damn it.

 

Nah, that's just a change of temperature without light emission.

It's an oxidation, though......=/

 

Did you ever see oxidation WITHOUT light emission? Wow, everything I know is wrong...

 

If you put an iron rod in the rain, does it start to glow? O_o

 

Look closer. There is no equivalent process. Lavoisier was either stupid or too optimistic.

 

If anything happens, something must be lost. Either via increasing the speed of atoms (temperature), or producing photons from electrons.

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So rusting objects emit light?

Makes sense, as oxidations are reactions with an electron exchange and you get light if a charged electron jumps back to it's original position. So electrons have an important role in both, oxidation and light emission.

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