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Date: June 04, 2016 at 18:43:49
From: kay.so.or, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Bionic leaf converts energy from our sun better than nature does |
URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0603/Bionic-leaf-converts-energy-from-our-sun-better-than-nature-does |
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Researchers at Harvard University have created a system that allows them to store the energy of the sun, converting solar energy into chemical energy using a hybrid mechanism of inorganic chemistry and living organisms.
Comparing their invention with the natural process of photosynthesis, they refer to it as a “bionic leaf” or “artificial leaf,” and they say the level of efficiency they have achieved far exceeds that of other similar systems – including photosynthesis itself.
The paper, published Thursday in the journal Science, describes the work as addressing two fundamental goals: storing the energy of the sun, rather than merely converting it for immediate use, and building something useful from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, thereby reducing a major greenhouse gas.
article at the link....
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Date: June 05, 2016 at 15:34:40
From: mr bopp, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Bionic leaf converts energy from our sun better than nature does |
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this kind of research is where the oil industry subsidy dollars should be going...tough to oust the entrenched leeches though..
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Date: June 07, 2016 at 07:51:37
From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: those are hairs off your chinchilla |
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The oil industry is tied to the dollar. The dollar is tied to the Western banking system, the C-ity of London.
Dependence on oil goes down, the dollar evaporates, we can't supply the military, and you'll be counting to ten in Chinese, if your neighbor doesn't think you have more in your larder than he does.
Is it worth the Pacific Ocean, the Amazon, and the world's forests?
You decide.
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