"The fundamental energy conversion producing our food has not changed: **as always, we are eating, whether directly as plant foods or indirectly as animal foodstuffs, products of photosynthesis—the biosphere’s most important energy conversion, powered by solar radiation**." ([Location 1029](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=1029)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[photosynthesis]], [[energy-conversion]], [[renewable-electricity]], [[solar-energy]], [[food-production]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]