reinventing the leaf analysis
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Science Article AnalysisScientific American - October 2010Antonio Regaladohttp://bit.ly/f0203TRANSCRIPT
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Reinventing the leaf Analysis by:
Alejandro Pumarejo
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Main Idea:“artificial leaves that will capture solar rays and
churn out chemical fuel on the spot, much as plants
do. We can burn the fuel, as we do oil or natural gas,
to power cars, create heat or generate electricity”
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Main Idea:“artificial leaves that will capture solar rays and
churn out chemical fuel on the spot, much as plants
do. We can burn the fuel, as we do oil or natural gas,
to power cars, create heat or generate electricity”
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Main Idea:“artificial leaves that will capture solar rays and
churn out chemical fuel on the spot, much as plants
do. We can burn the fuel, as we do oil or natural gas,
to power cars, create heat or generate electricity”
We need a new and reliable source of energy
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Main Idea:“artificial leaves that will capture solar rays and
churn out chemical fuel on the spot, much as plants
do. We can burn the fuel, as we do oil or natural gas,
to power cars, create heat or generate electricity”
Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen
We need a new and reliable source of energy
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Key Points:
1.
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Key Points:We need a new and reliable source of energy1.
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Key Points:We need a new and reliable source of energy
“To avoid potentially debilitating global warming,
the chemist says civilization must be able to
generate more than 10 trillion watts of clean, carbon-free energy by 2050”
1.
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Key Points:We need a new and reliable source of energy
“To avoid potentially debilitating global warming,
the chemist says civilization must be able to
generate more than 10 trillion watts of clean, carbon-free energy by 2050”
This will require:
1.
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Building a nuclear reactor every 2 days for the next 50 years
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Damming every river, stream and lake on
earth (this would still only produce 5 trillion
watts.
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2.Key Points:
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Key Points:Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen2.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Key Points:Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen2.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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Key Points:Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen
Scientists have found a way to replicate the processes found in a natural leaf and make them produce Hydrogen instead of the usual sugars that the plants would make.
2.
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Opinion
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OpinionI found the ideas in this article interesting for a couple of reasons:
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OpinionI found the ideas in this article interesting for a couple of reasons:
1. The idea of taking a process nature has
perfected for millions of years and then use it now for a renewable source of energy is ingenious to me
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OpinionI found the ideas in this article interesting for a couple of reasons:
1. The idea of taking a process nature has
perfected for millions of years and then use it now for a renewable source of energy is ingenious to me
2. There are some issues with it but I think they it will workout out in the future so this can really become common and widespread
around the world.
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