What Nick Lane thinks about energy

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Biochemist at University College London, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry and author of The Vital Question and Transformer.

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1. 7 Sept 2022

   Our readingEcological complexity is impossible without an oxygenated planet, because oxygen is the difference between extracting 10% and 40% of the energy in food.

   Their wordsBut the thing is, you can’t have this if you don’t have an oxygenated planet because it’s all, in the end, it’s about how much energy can you extract from the food you eat? And if you don’t have an oxygenated planet, you can get about 10% out, not much more than that. And if you’ve got an oxygenated planet, you can get about 40% out.

   ↗Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #318youtube.com 13th of 22 in this recording