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Old 21-September-2005, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by parallaxicality
Wouldn't it be simpler and more efficient if life ran on hydrocarbons?

A matter of solubility? Life as we know it is an aqueous affair. You can dissolve a lot more sugar in your body than you can hexane.
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