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Re:New membrane unlocks energy from chemical difference betw... by nkrisc on Friday December 06, 2019 @03:38PM (#21725757)
Hah, great point. I guess you could take the unnecessarily further and state that all energy potential on Earth ultimately derives from the sun. We're 100% solar already!
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Re:New membrane unlocks energy from chemical difference betw... by ouaiueoaieaeoiu on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:43PM (#21726260)
I'd say most of the chemical energy on the surface of the planet is derived from solar power, in contrast to nuclear (fusion or fission) power.

Of course, solar is nuclear too. So we're actually 100% nuclear powered.

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Re:New membrane unlocks energy from chemical difference betw... by tathougies on Monday December 09, 2019 @02:56PM (#21745832)
Well, no not all. Batteries (non-rechargeable) and nuclear are given energy by previous supernovae, I would assume.
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Re:New membrane unlocks energy from chemical difference betw... by benibela on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:43PM (#21726263)
Not nuclear or geothermal power
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Re:New membrane unlocks energy from chemical difference betw... by quasimodem on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:21AM (#21728648)
We could have never developed nuclear without the sun getting us started though...
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