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Re:Scientists Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 into Et... by adrianN on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @10:21AM (#12734565)
Plants capture about 1% of the incoming sunlight energy into chemical energy. We might be able to come up with a process that is more efficient.
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Re:Scientists Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 into Et... by AstralStorm on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @03:41AM (#12741854)
But would the process scale? If it requires substantial amounts of rare earth minerals or very energy intensive manufacturing it will still be unworkable.
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