Yesterday, 09:38 AM
Basically, wondering what runaway chemical reactions alien "fire" fighters might fight on far away worlds. Also, this question is excluding grey goo and other biological/mechanical self replicating phenomena.
I'm really scratching my head on this one because I can't really think of something other than combustion as it occurs on earth.
One key point is that in order for the reactions to periodically occur,
A) the reactions need to peter out at somepoint, so they don't just convert the entire planet.
B) the reactants and the initiation of their reactions need to re-occur or regenerate. I.e for runaway fires to occur, plant life needs to regrow to resupply the fuel. And then the lightning strike can occur.
Maybe at the end of the day it would probably always be combustion or a combustion analogue. But if yall have any other thoughts to contribute that would be great.
I'm really scratching my head on this one because I can't really think of something other than combustion as it occurs on earth.
One key point is that in order for the reactions to periodically occur,
A) the reactions need to peter out at somepoint, so they don't just convert the entire planet.
B) the reactants and the initiation of their reactions need to re-occur or regenerate. I.e for runaway fires to occur, plant life needs to regrow to resupply the fuel. And then the lightning strike can occur.
Maybe at the end of the day it would probably always be combustion or a combustion analogue. But if yall have any other thoughts to contribute that would be great.
