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found in such generous supply.
What all this indicates is that the carbon atom and its extraordinary
properties were specially created for life and that our planet was specially
created to be a home for carbon-based life-forms

The Signs of Creation in Oxygen
We have seen how carbon is the most important building-block of liv-
ing organisms and how it was specially created so as to fulfill that function.
The existence of all carbon-based life-forms however is contingent upon a
second imperative: energy. Energy is an indispensable requirement for life.
Green plants get their energy from the Sun through the process of pho-
tosynthesis. For the rest of the living creatures of Earth–and that includes
us–the only source of energy is a process called "oxidation"–a fancy word
for "burning". The energy of oxygen-breathing organisms is derived from
burning the nourishment that they get from plants and animals. As you may
guess from the term "oxidation", this burning is a chemical reaction in
which substances are oxidized–that is, they are combined with oxygen.
This is why oxygen is as vitally important to life as are carbon and hydro-
gen.
A generalized formula for "burning" (oxidation) looks like this:

Carbon compound + oxygen > water + carbon dioxide + energy

What this means is that when carbon compounds and oxygen are com-
bined (under the proper conditions of course) a reaction takes place that
generates water and carbon dioxide and releases a considerable amount of
energy. This reaction takes place most readily in hydrocarbons (com-
pounds of hydrogen and carbon). Glucose (a sugar and also a hydrocar-
bon) is what is constantly being burned in your body to keep it supplied
with energy.
Now as it happens, the elements of hydrogen and carbon that make up
hydrocarbons are the ones most suitable for oxidation to take place.