Reinventing the Leaf Analysis

Reinventing the leaf Analysis by:

Alejandro Pumarejo

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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






Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen

We need a new and reliable source of energy


Key Points:

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Key Points:We need a new and reliable source of energy1.


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.


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.


Building a nuclear reactor every 2 days for the next 50 years


Damming every river, stream and lake on

earth (this would still only produce 5 trillion

watts.


2.Key Points:


Key Points:Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen2.


Key Points:Cloning natural leafs and modifying them to produce Hydrogen2.


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.

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Opinion


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



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.


Reinventing the Leaf Analysis

Education

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natural gas

natural leafs

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chemical fuel

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carbonfree energy