Comment Comment by adwn > "Having easy access to energy"Life needs an energy gradient. In this case, direct access to colder water. No organism (or machine) can use the heat energy of its environment if it has no access to a colder medium.Edit: I just saw that Retric explained it better (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17245948). parent adwn 8 years ago
Life needs an energy gradient. In this case, direct access to colder water. No organism (or machine) can use the heat energy of its environment if it has no access to a colder medium.
Edit: I just saw that Retric explained it better (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17245948).