[eddythompson80]

> In the future we're going to regret breathing air. It's the accelerant for so many health problems.

A non-oxygen dependent energy system for the human cell is the only option moving forward. We need to utilize a clean energy source like sunlight and dump that oxygen dependency once and for all. Cyanobacteria was a crutch dependency that helped bootstrap that whole life thing pretty quickly for the demo. We have a proven concept now that we know work. Can we leave the idea to use oxygen back in the GOE era where it belongs now? Building all this complexity on top of a fundamentally flawed bases like oxygen reactivity was the main mistake.

[echelon]

I love the satire. (Did I really write "regret breathing air" before editing or something?)

Oxygen is an amazingly energy rich fuel and is super abundant for us. The oxygenation of earth was one of the key steps, and it might be a "hard step" for other civilizations.

Of course oxidation causes a lot of damage and byproducts, and is one of the causes of our aging and death. But without it, well...

I was primarily referring to particulate matter suspended within the air we breathe. High PPM / particulate measurably reduces lifespan in several population studies, and it also produces noticeable pulmonary and cardiac disease states.

Polluted air is bad.

[eddythompson80]

shit sorry that way my mistake. lol. I meant to add a strike through "bad" but realized HN doesn't have strike through, so I deleted it and thought I added a "FTFY" but forgot to add it. sorry about that.

[echelon]

No worries at all! I frequently edit my comments on HN to better wordsmith my arguments, so I half thought I'd made the mistake and been caught in a slip up.

[tim333]

Come a week Thursday after the singularity we can all upload and be done with that air nonsense.

[aledalgrande]

This sounds like a big refactor. Is the multifecta aware of it?