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Old 07-27-2009, 08:47 PM   #3
ZenGum
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If it works it is exactly what we need. I fear they are spruiking for investors and it doesn't yet, and maybe never will, work.



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They take sunlight and CO2 and turn it into energy? Amazing!

Wait, isn't that called fire wood?
Kind of, but I find the logs keep getting jammed in the carburettor. Ethanol is better for that.

But, yeah, same principle - use carbon bonds to carry the energy, but take the carbon from the atmosphere rather than the Earth's crust.
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