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Wikipedia says "In industry dimethyl sulfide is produced by treating hydrogen sulfide with excess methanol over an aluminium oxide catalyst”. Which part requir

• hidroto 1y ago
  I think they are being a little glib by saying a human is need to make the industrial processes.
• varjag 1y ago
  Virtually all of them involve non-trivial design by sentient beings.
• rsynnott 1y ago
  Well, someone needs to treat the hydrogen sulphide with excess methanol over an aluminium oxide catalyst. I suppose a robot could do it... For a non-life explanation, you're really looking for something that could plausibly happen in (abiotic) nature, not an industrial process.
  • mr_toad 1y ago
    The only thing that could make a nerd happier than detecting alien life would be detecting alien robots.
    • rpastuszak 1y ago
      Wait, what's the difference?
      • griffzhowl 1y ago
        Alien life could just be microbial, while alien robots would require an advanced technological civilization, I guess
        • darkwater 1y ago
          Well, there could be nanobots...
• aurareturn 1y ago
  Which part requires a living organism? haha. Do you really need a hint?