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Adnan Oktar

measures. No right-thinking person can possibly imagine that blind
chance brought such a system into being.

The Mysterious World of Photosynthesis

Energy-production systems trying to imitate photosynthesis have
faced enormous difficulties. The most important of these has been the
need to use new energy to initiate a reaction each time, rather than being
able to set up a constantly self-sustaining process. Since no system to
transfer the absorbed energy according to requirements or to convert it in-
to another form of energy that can be stored has yet been built, a large part
of sunlight is wasted by being scattered or reflected away. All mechanisms
trying to make use of solar energy face this problem. Yet green leaves nev-
er encounter such a difficulty, thanks to the superior system they have

possessed ever since they were first created.

The Stages of Photosynthesis
Scientists describe the photosynthesis that takes place inside chloro-

plasts as a long chemical chain reaction. But as was made clear in the pre-
ceding pages, since this reaction takes place unbelievably quickly, some
stages have proven impossible to study. What is known is that photosyn-
thesis takes place in two phases, known as the light phase and the dark
phase.
In the light phase, which takes place only in the presence of light,
pigments absorb sunlight and use the hydrogen in water to convert it in-
to chemical energy. The left over oxygen is returned to the atmosphere. In
the dark phase, which does not require light, the chemical energy ob-

tained is used for the production of other organic substances such as su-
crose.

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