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Episode 145 - Photosynthesis

The Common Descent Podcast

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Is It Just Splitting Hydrogen?

i was always stunned by what a relatively like small step sunlight actually played in the overall process. And when you think of it that way, these simple terms, and in relation to the way that animals make energy, like, it makes a whole lot of sense. It's not as scary as trying to remember the z scheme. I ave goen complicated a little bit. But like, just remember, that's where we live now. You're just splitting hydrogen yer. You're splitting off your hydrogens to make a sugar. And you're giving off oxygen, ye. That is why we say plants give off oxygen. That's what we breathe. Andyou're creating sugars

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