What about the gasoline that fueled the trucks and cars used in transporting ingredients and the final product. Made from crude oil, a fossil fuel and the product of photosynthesis carried out by ancient plants millions of years ago. You and I, you and the person next to you are even now sharing molecules as we inhale and exhale. It is one reality, all connected. Life is life.
Life is one.
Atoms are, as far as we know, made of protons, neutrons and electrons. But when J. J. Thompson succeeded in splitting the atom in the 1890's he opened the door to the eventual discovery of an incredible array of subatomic particles. For now, think of the gluons as carriers of energy. All stable, visible matter in the universe is made from up and down quarks and electrons and is called baryonic matter. Now, let's go back to the notion of energy for a minute.