Timeline for Why would plants on an Earth-like planets photosynthesize without using blue-wavelength light?
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| Dec 3, 2017 at 4:16 | comment | added | jamesqf | Continuing with evolution not picking the best solution, you might note that chlorophyll is not very efficient at converting sunlight to biomass: around 3-6% per Wikipedia. (While photovoltaics can do 20-45%.) But that's enough to let plants survive and prosper. | |
| Dec 2, 2017 at 18:52 | history | edited | DJKnarnia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 2, 2017 at 18:43 | history | answered | DJKnarnia | CC BY-SA 3.0 |