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I think it’s just super nifty and I look forward to finding out what’s possible in the field. Imagine server powered by photosynthesis. That’d be awesome.

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BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you take the holistic view, servers are already powered by photosynthesis. It just happens that most of them are powered by photo synthesis that occurred millions and millions of years ago.

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- Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Hmm, chemistry was never my strongest subject, but IIRC photosynthesis is about producing sugars, and it’s plant respiration that captures carbon. But the energy in coal (which powers most electricity production worldwide) and oil is stored in hydrocarbons.
  
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  - BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You’re right, chemistry was not your strong point. The sugars produced by photosynthesis are the ones that get turned into coal and oil. Plant respiration actually is the reverse of photosynthesis (it’s essentially human respiration) and is done for exactly the same reason that humans use it for, to produce energy for use by the plant. A plant just does more photosynthesis than respiration, which causes it to grow over time as it accumulates carbon based molecules and stores them.
    
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