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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Speaking of, fire (the way we are familiar with it) only really happens on earth.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And any of the other infinite number of unknown planets with an atmosphere containing adequate oxygen.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Of course, but none known.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Oxygen, and some ongoing process to generate complex molecules to be oxidized - you need something to reduce the things that have already been burnt back into new molecules that can burn, otherwise you run out of stuff pretty quickly