Tracing the origins of the Earthly Integrated Factory

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Recently, while studying oil refining processes and exploring the essence of related technologies, I had a sudden insight: in fact, the Earth is the true integrated refinery. The chlorophyll-based factories on the Earth’s surface have carried out the conversion of CO2 and solar energy into biomass, thereby laying the foundation for new energy CCUS technologies ； The movement of high-temperature magma beneath the Earth enables the pyrolysis and carbonization of biomass, thereby yielding fossil fuels such as gas fields, oil fields, and coal mines ； The modern industrial landscape filled with towering towers represents the post-fossil fuel era following the conversion of biomass into energy. Typical processes such as delayed coking and slurry-bed FT synthesis are continuations and extensions of Earth’s magmatic activities; they represent the origins of reaction pathways such as high-temperature thermal cracking, magmatic bed polymerization, iron-based catalysis, and slurry dispersion.