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by d4mi3n 920 days ago
Behold: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-lake-maracaibo-lightning-capit...

It’s also worth noting that early in earth’s history, it was geologically very active and thus resulted atmosphere with all kinds of extreme weather—including lightning storms.

I don’t know how likely spontaneous recombination is, but those two data points make it seem plausible enough that electricity may have had an important role in the development of life on earth.