[Greenbuilding] re OT What car?/Reuben

[Norbert Senf]

At 10:10 AM 5/5/2008 -0400, tom wrote:
>9snip)When a true, full
>energy accounting is taken (every single input, nothing hidden or
>'externalized'), nothing we have ever devised comes close to the
>efficiency of a tree at capturing the energy from the sun (and
>converting it into forms useful to other forms of life on earth).

Well said, Tom.
Millions of tiny solar cells per acres, using cellulose and
lignin (carbohydrates (=hydrocarbon)) as the energy storage medium.
Our oil addiction has made us blind to this fact.

Norbert

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