Theory:Pyrokinesis

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Theory	Citations	Notes
This power involves heating oxygen until it can burn.	None.	- This would not explain why the user is immune to the heat of the flames. - Heating oxygen doesn't create flames, it causes an explosion. Fire works because of other gases released by the fuel reacting with the oxygen and producing heat. - Heating (pure) oxygen will result in an explosion, and will not burn after it. Heating air does not cause an explosion because air is not pure oxygen. - It won't burn because there is no fuel. Combustion needs oxygen, fuel and heat. This theory involves oxygen and heat, but not any fuel. In fact, fire works because of the hydrocarbons in the fuel. + Claire nearly suffocates from a lack of oxygen when Meredith "trains" her.
This power involves control of friction at the atomic level	None	+ Heat is caused by friction at the atomic level, with enough heat generated combustion is possible. + The human body produces methane as a by-product of digestion. Methane is very flammable. This would be a readily available fuel source. - Then it would need a lot of methane for pyrokinesis. Flint has been shown throwing a great amount of flame around the bank. Unless Flint eats extremely excessively, his body won't be able to produce such a large amount of hydrocarbons.
Flint's fire is blue because he makes it much hotter	Blue flames on a Bunsen burner are much hotter than yellow ones	+ Flint seems to be able to control his ability at a higher level than Meredith, so he may know a lot more about its extents.
Pyrokinetics are immune to the side effects of constantly burning a fire (i.e. lack of oxygen or temperature index)	None.	+ In, One of Us, One of Them Meredith constanly burned her flame in an enclosed room and while Claire felt the effects of fire, Meredith did not; she was not sweating, or breathing heavy from the lack of air.