Re: ENERGY: State of the Art in Photovoltaics?

From: Ken Clements (Ken@Innovation-On-Demand.com)
Date: Mon Sep 11 2000 - 07:36:58 MDT


Matt Gingell wrote:

> I recall reading something about a strain of bacteria / algae which
> had been bred / engineered to excrete hydrogen as the by-product of
> its usual metabolic activities: the idea being you could place a dome
> over a pool of the stuff, letting it multiple, sucking up sunlight,
> and siphon off usable fuel. I don't remember the source - maybe it was
> this list - so perhaps someone can point me to more information. It's
> a wonderful idea if it can be made to work, but there are obvious
> questions about yield and whether the tweaked version can survive
> competition from its natural equivalent.
>
> -matt

See my post at: http://www.lucifer.com/exi-lists/extropians.1Q00/3572.html

-Ken



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