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From the title I thought the article was going to be a sarcastic description of plants.
by OscarCunningham 10y ago
From the title I thought the article was going to be a sarcastic description of plants.
- agumonkey 10y agoI can't help but picture life of the next millenium to be "men that understand nature":
- taneq 10y agoEven if it's completely inorganic, plants (or algae cultures, etc) are a necessary comparison for anything like this, but that never seems to come up. It's like announcing the invention of the motor car without comparing it to a horse.
- adwn 10y ago> Even if it's completely inorganic, plants (or algae cultures, etc) are a necessary comparison for anything like this, but that never seems to come up. Probably that's because plants are typically only 2-3% efficient when it comes to their use of sunlight, and then it's still a long way (energetically and logistically) to usable fuel or electricity. Plants are really not a good comparison benchmark here.
- gregschlom 10y agoGiven that we are currently using plants such as corn to make biofuel (at an industrial level, not just in the lab), I think it's actually a very valid comparison.