Whilst we suggest that this approach is ideal for exploring and testing the first stages of prebiotic chemistry, we acknowledge that eventually the level of complexity will exceed what can be practically modelled using chemical kinetics modelling. Just as it would be inappropriate to model planetary formation using the tools of quantum field theory, the chemical complexity at the interface of the transition from non-life to life will require a different set of tools appropriate to this new explanatory regime. The discovery of this point of transition by pressing on the boundaries of what chemical kinetics is capable of would itself qualify as a significant breakthrough into a new phase of research into life's origins.