JayM may have misunderstood your question.
The process of fixing carbon REQUIRES energy, so there is an energy loss.
Metabolizing the sugars made as a product of carbon fixation releases energy, so there is a gain.
Carbon fixation is an energy gain by the plant. That's why plants do this, taking the kinetic energy of sunlight and converting it to the potential energy of a covalent bond.
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JayM may have misunderstood your question.
The process of fixing carbon REQUIRES energy, so there is an energy loss.
Metabolizing the sugars made as a product of carbon fixation releases energy, so there is a gain.
Carbon fixation is an energy gain by the plant. That's why plants do this, taking the kinetic energy of sunlight and converting it to the potential energy of a covalent bond.