Yes, LENR (or any revolution in energy production) is a "wild card" with which I must deal in my planning and obviously the potential for artificial light and heat is enhanced but it is still somewhat limited by capital expenses. For instance, one of the perennial fallacies of algae cultivation is that LEDs tuned to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) can be used to overcome economic problems with areal capital costs. Simple back of the envelope calculations show this is fruitless on the basis of power costs alone. However, with LENR the calculation must be revisited with more emphasis on capital costs and less on power costs. I haven't done those calculations but intuitively the current capital costs of LEDs or other forms of artificial light seem to mitigate against reducing areal capital costs given currently realizable areal capital costs (See Algesol's photobioreactor for a low areal capital cost.)
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 4:06 PM, a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to mention that with cheap energy from LENR the economical solution > would be to supply artificial light, insulate the walls and run hotter. > Also up the CO2 content. > No big need for genetic improvements but they could still be useful. > >
