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Are we all just ignoring that plants pull CO2 out of the air and produce usable energy in the process? So clearly it is possible to do more efficiently.
by aeternum 2y ago
Are we all just ignoring that plants pull CO2 out of the air and produce usable energy in the process?
So clearly it is possible to do more efficiently.
- LinAGKar 2y agoPlants aren't that efficient, there's just a lot of them. You could cover the requisite 764 GW with about 3000 km^2 of solar cells (assuming 250 W/m^2). That's a bit over the land area of Luxembourg. Minuscule compared to the amount of area on Earth taken up by plants, and sunlight that falls on those plants.