why havent we been able to replicate photosynthesis?

Question

please try to explain in laymens terms

Answer 1

I think the problem is that we haven't replicated the structure of a chloroplast. The light-dependent have to take place in a membrane (the chloroplast's thylakoid membrane of a eukaryotic cell) because the photosystems and electron transport chains have to be organized. We don't have this in a lab.

Answer 2

Photosynthesis is the process in which sunlight is converted into usable energy by organisms, such as green plants. As almost all of the food on the planet originates from plants, this means that almost everything originates from the Sun1. Sunlight acts as food for plants. Fertiliser, although it provides essential nutrients, is often confused as 'plant food'. Plants take in carbon dioxide and 'excrete' oxygen while photosynthesis occurs2.


A mature, healthy sugar maple tree produces about 2 tons of sugar through photosynthesis during a growing season? Scientists can replicate photosynthesis in the lab. However, the process is incredibly slow and requires a lot of energy and high tech equipment. During the time the maple tree is producing 2 tons of sugar, a scientist would produce less than a gram!Source: LEAF: The Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education Program

Answer 3

because the process involves many different sub-cellular "machines" that we can only partially copy. we can copy bits and pieces of the process, but the entire process has thus far eluded researchers. plants are just so much better at it than humans.