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Except that manmade solar cells are pretty bad at repairing or replicating themselves.

Or growing out of literally nothing but dirt and water.

And air. That's what is crazy about plants, their carbon comes from the CO2 in the air.

Also if someone loses weight, most of the carbon that made up their fat leaves the body as breath.

and are inedible

and are a damned eye-sore

The solar cells get some organic life form to assist in their reproduction phase. That's pretty efficient too.