Comment by blattimwind
8 years ago
> We're quite lucky to be close enough for solar energy to be a viable source of energy.
If solar energy were not viable, this form would not exist.
8 years ago
> We're quite lucky to be close enough for solar energy to be a viable source of energy.
If solar energy were not viable, this form would not exist.
If solar energy were not viable, Hacker News posts might be written by technologically inclined chemoautotrophs hacking in the basement of their hydrothermal vent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosynthesis
Just because solar cells don't work doesn't mean photosynthesis wouldn't work.