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[โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

Surprisingly not! I'd have expected photosynthesis to have similar energy efficiency to man-made solar panels, but it's actually only around 11%. I suppose since leaves have more functions than just energy generation for a plant, it's not usually an evolutionary imperative to maximise efficiency. There's probably a bit of variation between different geographic regions, I'd imagine.

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