> from a bin containing nothing but water and salts, a fully-formed plant emerges From water, salts, and a crapton of airborne carbon. The plant takes electron

> from a bin containing nothing but water and salts, a fully-formed plant emerges From water, salts, and a crapton of airborne carbon. The plant takes electrons from the water and adds it to carbon dioxide to make glucose. Most of the plant is the carbon, so the plant is mostly made from air.