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Published 9 years ago by Tzvetelin with 2 Comments
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Bionic Leaf Uses Bacteria To Convert Solar Energy Into Liquid Fuel

Harvesting sunlight is old technology for plants but it's a level of efficiency in solar energy we would love to be within a billion years of - artificial photosynthesis is needed if we want to go beyond the energy density of things like combustion engines.

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  • drunkenninja (edited 9 years ago)
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    Removed my snap and instead I am posting a RL link on the subject after /u/Tzvetelin pointed out that he was indeed first to post a snap on the subject!

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  • Gozzin
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    So what else could these produce?

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