"Malcolm" wrote in message
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In article , Franz Heymann
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Jeanne Stockdale wrote:

Sunpower!

All energy sources on earth, past, present and future are
derived
from the
sun.
The future for our long-term survival is to shortcut the years
of
previous
storage to direct access -imho.

The problem with doing that in the UK is that we first need to
tow
these islands 20 degrees south.

{:-))

Let's get back to gardening:
When Porter was at the Royal Institution, there was a very active
research programme on trying to disentangle the details of the
quantum
processes by which photosynthesis proceeds. My own opinion is that
solar energy will become a viable alternative for replacing fossil
fuel energy when we know enough to produce photosynthesis on an
industrial scale without the need for green plants.
Is there a chemist amongs urglers who knows the status of research
on
the physics of photosynthesis?

I'm trying to resist the temptation to say that no there isn't such
a
person, but that won't stop several urglers telling you anyway!

I look forward to what they might have to say. {:-))

Franz