The stardust is a given. As for sunlight, all the energy including somewhat arguably geothermal (using the suns gravity to help form the earth and I guess radioactive material being formed by other stars) comes from the sun and gets converted into chemical energy you eat so you’re stardust animated by sunlight (mainly).

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    How did the moon get there? Would it be there if there was no sun? It’s a shit argument I know but the moon and its mass is in some form due to the existence of the sun.

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      “Lunar power” arguably came from the initial condensation of matter spinning into the sun - it’s the stuff that didn’t get sucked into the fusion reaction. Now - where did that kinetic energy come from? Likely supernovae nearby not too long ago…

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        And neither are powered by the fusion of Sol - they got their energy when the solar system formed out of the ejecta from previous stellar explosions - probably not much “big bang” direct contribution to rotations in the local frame.