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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 812510" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>It is worth pointing out that this is simply a duplication of the process that caused oil deposits to form over billions of years.</p><p></p><p>Most of the oil that is drilled out of the ground came from billions of years worth of algae and other organic material that grew in the water and absorbed energy from sunlight via photosynthesis. Over eons, the algae died and sank to the bottom of the worlds oceans where it was buried under silt and subjected to extreme pressure, becoming crude oil or coal.</p><p>When we burn fossil fuels, we are consuming solar energy that struck the earth millions or billions of years ago and was stored within the remains of the algae or other organic life forms that absorbed it.</p><p></p><p>Enough solar energy strikes the earth in one <em>hour</em> to meet all of mankinds energy needs for one <em>year</em>. The challenge for us is in finding a way to capture, store and transport that energy. Up until now the easiest and cheapest way has been to tap the earths "savings account" of solar energy that is stored in fossil fuels, but that account is running low and pretty soon we will be forced to "pay as we go". Technologies such as the one described are the future; fossil fuels are the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 812510, member: 14668"] It is worth pointing out that this is simply a duplication of the process that caused oil deposits to form over billions of years. Most of the oil that is drilled out of the ground came from billions of years worth of algae and other organic material that grew in the water and absorbed energy from sunlight via photosynthesis. Over eons, the algae died and sank to the bottom of the worlds oceans where it was buried under silt and subjected to extreme pressure, becoming crude oil or coal. When we burn fossil fuels, we are consuming solar energy that struck the earth millions or billions of years ago and was stored within the remains of the algae or other organic life forms that absorbed it. Enough solar energy strikes the earth in one [I]hour[/I] to meet all of mankinds energy needs for one [I]year[/I]. The challenge for us is in finding a way to capture, store and transport that energy. Up until now the easiest and cheapest way has been to tap the earths "savings account" of solar energy that is stored in fossil fuels, but that account is running low and pretty soon we will be forced to "pay as we go". Technologies such as the one described are the future; fossil fuels are the past. [/QUOTE]
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