Subject: Re: [permaculture] Startup hopes to tap electricity from trees
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:10:55 -1000
Aloha,
> The only new thing about this is
that solar energy via photosynthesis may provide the energy needed to
constantly maintain the electrolyte differential.
Bingo! Well said Toby.
That's what I hope they're researching - if in fact the
sun/tree/soil/moisture system somehow provides an input beyond what
they're getting from the basic battery they're creating.
And what the consequences of withdrawing from that system would be, of
course...
cheers,
John S.
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