why cant our govt spend all that effort and energy into alternative, innovative sources of energy. im sure that india has enough brain power to handle it. take this for example:
Barry Bruce is one of a small handful of researchers suggesting an entirely different road. Nature has its own incredibly efficient way of producing power from the sun--photosynthesis--so why not put it to work?
"Essentially, you grow a power plant in a field or in a fermenter," says Bruce, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee's Center for Environmental Biotechnology. "You don't have to pay for it in any real way other than allowing photosynthesis to do what it's done for billions of years."
Bruce and his colleagues poach particles from photosynthetic plants or bacteria and form them into so-called "nanoclusters" on small assemblages of metallic platinum. These photosystems produce very high-energy electrons that can be siphoned off for direct electrical power or used to stimulate the production of hydrogen atoms, usable as fuel in anything from cars to homes.
The system is far preferable to conventional photovoltaic solar power systems, because it doesn't require the complex manufacturing process of solar cells, which uses a number of toxic and limited materials. And since the photosynthetic particles are easily harvested--Bruce extracts them from garden-variety spinach using a standard kitchen food processor--it should be a lot cheaper.
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by Anindya Chatterjee on Sep 20, 2007 01:44 PM Permalink
This is very interesting. Why don't you give your real name and weblink to the sources of this information. I would like to initiate a bit of farm work investment on this.
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by ASHOK on Sep 20, 2007 02:50 PM Permalink
See This >>> http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/23/barry-bruce-photosynthesis-tech-cx_07rev_de_0524bruce.html
RE:why
by Madhup Rathi on Sep 20, 2007 08:14 PM Permalink
Hello, we have 1 billion people, and at least 300 million people are increasing their standard of living annually. Has Indian in India ever done any path-breaking research in last 1000 yeats? No. I think everyone is way too optimistic about Indians being able to solve energy problems with R&D! Yes, there will be small scale solutions like the one you mentioned. Nothing that will solve our energy problems.
