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In a completely technical sense the hydrocarbon fuel was at one time produced from light energy (dead plants) but that's taking your point and being pedantic since the "efficiency" of the conversation is probably astronomically low when you account for the loses sustained by whatever lifeform died and became said hydrocarbons.