> A non-renewing source of the material has a maximum amount of crystal that can grow So any biosphere that fails to escape its looming red giant was never ali

> A non-renewing source of the material has a maximum amount of crystal that can grow So any biosphere that fails to escape its looming red giant was never alive? I'm not a "all abstractions leak" type of person, so I will choose my definitions very carefully, with funny choices about clays, crystals, virus, etc. as an acceptable causality.