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  Algae could be a new green power source Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 13:15 -0600
    A blue green power source Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2015-11-24 11:25 -0800
      Re: A blue green power source benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 14:52 -0500
    Re: Algae could be a new green power source jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-24 20:01 +0000
    Re: Algae could be a new green power source gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-24 17:34 -0600

#535116 — Algae could be a new green power source

Algae could be a new green power source
> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-algae-green-power-source.html

> In a study published in the journal Technology, a team led by
> Concordia engineering professor Muthukumaran Packirisamy describe
> their invention: a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from
> the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
>
> Why plants? Because the energy is already there.
>
> "Both photosynthesis and respiration, which take place in plants
> cells, involve electron transfer chains. By trapping the electrons
> released by blue-green algae during photosynthesis and respiration,
> we can harness the electrical energy they produce naturally," says
> Packirisamy.
>
> Why blue-green algae? Because it's everywhere.
>
> Also known as cyanobacteria, blue-green algae are the most prosperous
> microorganisms on earth, evolutionarily speaking. They occupy a broad
> range of habitats across all latitudes. And they've been here
> forever: the planet's early fauna and flora owe their makeup to
> cyanobacteria, which produced the oxygen that ultimately allowed
> higher life forms to flourish.


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#535122 — A blue green power source

Corrected the header.

> Algae could be a new green power source
> > http://phys.org/news/2015-11-algae-green-power-source.html
> 
> > In a study published in the journal Technology, a team led by
> > Concordia engineering professor Muthukumaran Packirisamy describe
> > their invention: a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from
> > the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
> >
> > Why plants? Because the energy is already there.
> >
> > "Both photosynthesis and respiration, which take place in plants
> > cells, involve electron transfer chains. By trapping the electrons
> > released by blue-green algae during photosynthesis and respiration,
> > we can harness the electrical energy they produce naturally," says
> > Packirisamy.
> >
> > Why blue-green algae? Because it's everywhere.
> >
> > Also known as cyanobacteria, blue-green algae are the most prosperous
> > microorganisms on earth, evolutionarily speaking. They occupy a broad
> > range of habitats across all latitudes. And they've been here
> > forever: the planet's early fauna and flora owe their makeup to
> > cyanobacteria, which produced the oxygen that ultimately allowed
> > higher life forms to flourish.
> 
> 
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#535142 — Re: A blue green power source

On 11/24/2015 02:25 PM, Bret Cahill wrote:
> Corrected the header.
>
>> Algae could be a new green power source
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-algae-green-power-source.html
>>
>>> In a study published in the journal Technology, a team led by
>>> Concordia engineering professor Muthukumaran Packirisamy describe
>>> their invention: a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from
>>> the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
>>>
>>> Why plants? Because the energy is already there.
>>>
>>> "Both photosynthesis and respiration, which take place in plants
>>> cells, involve electron transfer chains. By trapping the electrons
>>> released by blue-green algae during photosynthesis and respiration,
>>> we can harness the electrical energy they produce naturally," says
>>> Packirisamy.
>>>
>>> Why blue-green algae? Because it's everywhere.
>>>
>>> Also known as cyanobacteria, blue-green algae are the most prosperous
>>> microorganisms on earth, evolutionarily speaking. They occupy a broad
>>> range of habitats across all latitudes. And they've been here
>>> forever: the planet's early fauna and flora owe their makeup to
>>> cyanobacteria, which produced the oxygen that ultimately allowed
>>> higher life forms to flourish.
>>
>>
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>> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
>> community, and physics-related social issues.
>
Good job, Bret! And here I once said you'd NEVER make any intelligent 
contribution to this group! Great discussion. OF course Sam just cuts 
and pastes but never discusses and then posts the charter so everyone 
can appreciate his violations of it.

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#535158

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Algae could be a new green power source
>> http://phys.org/news/2015-11-algae-green-power-source.html
> 
>> In a study published in the journal Technology, a team led by
>> Concordia engineering professor Muthukumaran Packirisamy describe
>> their invention: a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from
>> the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
>>
>> Why plants? Because the energy is already there.
>>
>> "Both photosynthesis and respiration, which take place in plants
>> cells, involve electron transfer chains. By trapping the electrons
>> released by blue-green algae during photosynthesis and respiration,
>> we can harness the electrical energy they produce naturally," says
>> Packirisamy.
>>
>> Why blue-green algae? Because it's everywhere.
>>
>> Also known as cyanobacteria, blue-green algae are the most prosperous
>> microorganisms on earth, evolutionarily speaking. They occupy a broad
>> range of habitats across all latitudes. And they've been here
>> forever: the planet's early fauna and flora owe their makeup to
>> cyanobacteria, which produced the oxygen that ultimately allowed
>> higher life forms to flourish.
 
Yawn.

People have been fucking around with this idea for years with zero
practical results to date.
 

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Jim Pennino

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#535245

On 11/24/2015 1:15 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Algae could be a new green power source

how many algae does it take to run an air conditioner in 95 degree F 
heat for 10 hours ?


how much water does that take to grow the algae ?

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