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by whocares 4330 days ago
The last time something akin to a new energy cycle happened on earth was when cyanobacteria produced so much free oxygen it accumulated in the atmosphere [0]. This caused a global extinction event and one of the longest ice ages that the planet has known. So yes, we would need to be very careful playing with non-ATP energy cycles...

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxygenation_Event

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One of my favorite examples of "whelp, looks like we done fooked over t'environment"