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		323 on May 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bugs are evolving to eat plastic, study finds At some point bugs will evolve to eat electricity directly. After all, that's what the electron transport chain does in respiration. So just cut the food middleman.

surfpel on May 24, 2022 [–]

That’s exactly what plants, algae, etc. do during photosynthesis. Photons are self propagating electromagnetic waves, just another form of electricity.

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