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A few different threads based on my limited online research: 1. Absorbing all spectrum of light would provide more energy than the organisms can handle. They n
by darth_avocado 1y ago
A few different threads based on my limited online research:
1. Absorbing all spectrum of light would provide more energy than the organisms can handle. They need gas to run the engine, and all spectrum would provide jet fuel.
2. Current predominant species of plants evolved from the undergrowth. Original plants would absorb only green, so the undergrowth evolved to absorb the other spectrums because that’s what was left. After a few planet scale extinction events where the sunlight was scarce, being able to absorb a wider spectrum became a successful evolutionary trait and became the predominant one.
3. There are species of fungi that use melanin to absorb radiation for energy source and appear black.
- 3eb7988a1663 1y agoIn fact, many plants already receive too much sunlight and have various mechanisms to limit their exposure.
- luqtas 1y ago> Absorbing all spectrum of light would provide more energy than the organisms can handle. They need gas to run the engine, and all spectrum would provide jet fuel. one could ask why not a bigger/powerful organism. and a nice answer for that would be: more energy, more stuff going on, more bad mutations having the chance to exist; impaired evolution ;)