Comment on 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientistsparentComments−0nly1ife16y> Really, it's the height of hubris to think that we can engineer something that works as well as what untold generations has evolved.At best photosynthesis have an efficiency of about 8% At best solar panels have an efficiency of 40%−Evgeny16yIs there a man-made process that can restore oxygen from carbon dioxide more effectively than photosynthesis? It also has to be reasonably cheap though ...−rationalbeaver16yYeah, but you can't eat solar panels.
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> Really, it's the height of hubris to think that we can engineer something that works as well as what untold generations has evolved.
At best photosynthesis have an efficiency of about 8% At best solar panels have an efficiency of 40%
Is there a man-made process that can restore oxygen from carbon dioxide more effectively than photosynthesis? It also has to be reasonably cheap though ...
Yeah, but you can't eat solar panels.