A new version of plant power?
Scientists have considered wave power, tide power, wind power, solar power, coal power and clown power (the power of a smile, you know) why not also consider gravity power? Gravity does play a role in all of these phenomenon. So I'm waiting for the day when my car, clock radio and cell phone are gravity powered.
Today, however, certain scientists are looking at faux-photosynthesis. Daniel Nocera, a chemist at MIT, is looking at using solar power to split water molecules.
Hydrogen power has long been an attractive source of power, but splitting hydrogen is a pain in my cousin's brother's elbow.
The atoms would then be stored in fuel cells and used for electricity. Nocera told McClatchy News Service that the process "at least opens a door for the large-scale deployment of solar, because we have an easy way . . . to store that energy."
He talks about it in this video.
[via McClatchy]
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