Yep, and it starts with the solar influence. Plants make sugars via photosynthesis, and everything else eats those sugars in some fashon or other (that is a very basic description). Apparently none of that has ever occurred to Mom MD, despite all of her schooling in biology. Take it up with her.
Did the first cells engage in photosynthesis?
Seems like you're skipping a couple of steps.
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