Comments on: Scientists Create World's 1st Practical Artificial Leaf, 10X as Efficient as the Real Thing http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: max http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26222 max Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:51:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26222 isn't this electrolysis? i mean if you throw a battery in a tub of water, it will basically do the same thing. photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen would be FAR more remarkable, as not only could this work toward reducing the greenhouse effect, but to create an artificial means of photosynthesizing is a step toward artificial life (and by extension figuring out how life could have originated on earth). isn’t this electrolysis? i mean if you throw a battery in a tub of water, it will basically do the same thing.

photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen would be FAR more remarkable, as not only could this work toward reducing the greenhouse effect, but to create an artificial means of photosynthesizing is a step toward artificial life (and by extension figuring out how life could have originated on earth).

]]> By: jim sadler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26220 jim sadler Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:54:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26220 No free market has ever existed anywhere at any time. Free means free of regulation, law taxation and under no force or authority. Since no free market has ever existed and never will exist speculation about the qualities or a free market are not even up to academic speculation. It is more like dreaming of the perfect shape for an Angel's wing in heaven. Yes, some markets are less controlled than others. But the word free is not similar to the word controlled. It has more in common with a word like pregnant. You are either knocked up or you are not. There is no in between state. And no state is silly enough to even try a free market for one single hour. No free market has ever existed anywhere at any time. Free means free of regulation, law taxation and under no force or authority. Since no free market has ever existed and never will exist speculation about the qualities or a free market are not even up to academic speculation. It is more like dreaming of the perfect shape for an Angel’s wing in heaven.
Yes, some markets are less controlled than others. But the word free is not similar to the word controlled. It has more in common with a word like pregnant. You are either knocked up or you are not. There is no in between state. And no state is silly enough to even try a free market for one single hour.

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26216 Chris Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:27:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26216 Pretty cool... All this hate on the oil companies... All this hate on oil companies. Believe it or not many of the oil companies are leaders in renewable energy research, simply because they have the funds to invest in. And FYI.... NREL is in Golden,CO not Boulder. Pretty cool… All this hate on the oil companies… All this hate on oil companies. Believe it or not many of the oil companies are leaders in renewable energy research, simply because they have the funds to invest in. And FYI…. NREL is in Golden,CO not Boulder.

]]> By: Uncle B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26214 Uncle B Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:41:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26214 Off-Grid folks rejoice! one more tool from technology to make survival better! Off-Grid folks rejoice! one more tool from technology to make survival better!

]]> By: Bending PVC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26213 Bending PVC Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:40:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26213 This is great news. Top story of 2011 - we're exiting the fossil fuel age. This is great news. Top story of 2011 – we’re exiting the fossil fuel age.

]]> By: Aletostado http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26212 Aletostado Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:16:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26212 Another great project to be ruined by oil companies. Another great project to be ruined by oil companies.

]]> By: Tony http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26211 Tony Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:31:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26211 Does that mean soon we will be able to harvest solar energy more efficiently, and eventually lead to everything powered by sunlight? It would be a viable option for now, what if million years later, Sun dies out, we loss sunlight? Am I being paranoid? Does that mean soon we will be able to harvest solar energy more efficiently, and eventually lead to everything powered by sunlight? It would be a viable option for now, what if million years later, Sun dies out, we loss sunlight? Am I being paranoid?

]]> By: Mark H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26210 Mark H Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:18:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26210 Yes, but how much energy does it cost to MAKE this thing? That's where nature still wins I bet. Yes, but how much energy does it cost to MAKE this thing? That’s where nature still wins I bet.

]]> By: Geno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26209 Geno Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:43:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26209 It's not an artificial leaf. It doesn't produce O2 from CO2! It’s not an artificial leaf. It doesn’t produce O2 from CO2!

]]> By: Geoffrey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/03/28/scientists-create-worlds-1st-practical-artificial-leaf-10x-as-efficient-as-the-real-thing/#comment-26208 Geoffrey Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:02:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=27516#comment-26208 I disagree. The artificial leaf's very limited lifetime makes it incredibly inefficient. The article is only taking the statistics it needs to make the product sound great. I would like to see how much energy it requires to develop a leaf before we can decide that this is any more efficient than standard electrolysis. I disagree. The artificial leaf’s very limited lifetime makes it incredibly inefficient. The article is only taking the statistics it needs to make the product sound great. I would like to see how much energy it requires to develop a leaf before we can decide that this is any more efficient than standard electrolysis.

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