Final Part: The Circuit Nature Runs — and the Man Who Received Its Gift
The story of the planetary circuit that powers life, and the man who uncovered a way to carry its chemistry beyond stone.
ACT VII: The Primordial Circuit: Earth’s First Energy Event
Living Water and the Deep Earth Circulation System
In the previous act, we examined ISAW at the elemental scale, where water plays a critical role in activating mineral chemistry and carrying both energy and mineral inputs from stone into life.
In the following novel theory, the critical point is this: whereas ISAW later becomes internalized by biology within membranes and enzymes, its origin lies much deeper, at the planetary scale, where iron-dense rock formed at Earth’s core establishes the primary energy reservoir. As that iron-rich material is carried upward over geologic time and interacts with water, it becomes the upstream energy source on which ISAW ultimately depends, with sulfur acting through water to mobilize and propagate that chemistry.
When we zoom out to view Earth’s energy cycle as a whole, water again plays a critical role, not as a participant in localized reactions, but as the medium that allows planetary che…
