As I was listening to a presentation on wind energy today, I had a revelation: the future of renewable energy is not in windmills or hydroelectric power, or even nuclear. The problem with all of these is that they require some lower form of energy to eventually make electricity. I think that the future of renewable energy is some sort of biophotoelectric power. This is the name I came up with while I was trying not to fall asleep in the presentation.
Just think - genetically modified plants that have roots connected to a biological battery. All living things conduct electricity, they even have electrical charges. We have bred plants to grow bigger fruit, to have shorter stems, why not generate power using photosynthesis? Now all I need is to be a genius who understands electricity and plant physiology and genetics.
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but first we must be allowed to fall -fail!- ....to fail -fall!- and rise again.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea. Human bodies create electricity too. Maybe we can breed clones that are hooked up to a giant negative path and this will suck out all their electricity as they create it.
ReplyDeleteNo. Seriously. I like your idea. Patent it. Quick.
"What do you want us to do, patent your brain?"
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