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The essence of animals is a) predation-derived energy/material balance b) mobility A plant makes has a primary production based energy material balance. Modulo venus flytraps.
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Are there machines smaller than chemical plants that turn simple inorganic chemicals into complex organic ones? Especially gases?
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The entire field of carbon capture is trying to answer that question. Plant carbon comes from co2, with a sun-fueled reaction. Replicating that on an industrial scale is needed to mitigate well, civilization
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I thought you're talking about the material extraction which for plants comes primarily ( kg-wise ) from atmosphere. Humans don't know how yet.
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still a functional view though an intensional view of plants qua plants is more generally an ambient-energy powered material-upcycler in entropic terms
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