>> What about algae the produce large amounts of complex hydrocarbons >> per unit >> of input sunlight, as the syn biology proposal I mentioned would do. >> Granted, it's a tough job as Charlie pointed out, but the price of >> equipment for synthetic biology is falling faster than Moore's >> law....so >> there is at least a reasonable chance that something like this could >> work >> in 5-25 years.
>And algae or photosynthetic bacteria breed fast, so evolutionary >biology as well as synthetic biology and genetics may have a large >role to play. Efficiency is sub-1%, and we need to use the surface of this planet efficiently. Sorry, this doesn't cut it. Rgds C _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
