Alien Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels
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Intelligent aliens would need a power supply to jump-start their civilization — would they require fossil fuels?
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The burning of fossil fuels propelled humanity into the industrial revolution.
But if aliens were building their own society, would they have to go down the same path as humanity? Or could they find an alternative? Scientists have yet to find another planet with active plate tectonic plates that regulates the climate.
Extraterrestrials quiz: Are you an alien expert, or has your brain been abducted? An intelligent alien civilization could be nothing like what we expect, Shostak said.
While aliens would likely need an abundant energy source to advance their civilization, who's to say what form that energy would take? The answer could lie beyond human understanding.
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