Billy wrote:
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That biological reactions are carried out in aqueous solutions, and that
vast amounts of water would allow divergent compounds a proximity to
each other with the chance of interacting?

Can you think of another crucible in which disparate amino acids, and
ions could interact and then multiply?

mud/clay/oils/bubbles/foams/salts

but some would say hydrothermal vents and crusts
of certain compounds may also be likely candidates.

i'm more in favor of foam/bubbles/oils/clays/muds.
i've seen them in action (building what used to be
called a skimmer in reef aquarium keeping as a
means to get organic materials out of the water,
pump a lot of bubbles through a column of water
and what comes to the top is gunk like the foam
that collects on beaches).


songbird