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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
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Joule's Biomimic for clean energy
You can tell this is a rah-rah piece, but I hope that it pans out.
http://cleantechnica.com/2009/07/27/...-from-sun-co2/
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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They take sunlight and CO2 and turn it into energy? Amazing!
Wait, isn't that called fire wood? |
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go ahead, abbrev. it
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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I'm liking the methods being developed by Nanoptek and Sun Catalytix. These don't involve the creation of any creepy GMOs.
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Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
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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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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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