Growing Plants to Power Our Engines and Feed the World
Abstract
Photosynthesis uses light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air to make chemicals that can be converted into energy-rich biofuels. Plants, however, transform less than five percent of the solar energy they capture into harvestable chemical energy. The New Mexico Consortium and Los Alamos National Laboratory are working on strategies to improve the energy yield in algae and plant systems, resulting in more fuel in our tanks and more food on our plates, without releasing additional carbon into the atmosphere.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1244264
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; GENETIC DIVERSITY; CROP VARIETY
Citation Formats
Sayre, Dick. Growing Plants to Power Our Engines and Feed the World. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web.
Sayre, Dick. Growing Plants to Power Our Engines and Feed the World. United States.
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"Growing Plants to Power Our Engines and Feed the World". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244264.
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year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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