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To: Brumar89 who wrote (18213)3/8/2010 7:01:22 PM
From: Eric  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86355
 
For all I know if that Ventner guy is successful, we might be growing oil by then.

Doesn't matter. Plants are very inefficient converting solar energy into stored plant matter. That unfortunately has not changed. It is a dead end on the efficiency scale.

Electric cars... 200 to 400 watthrs per mile depending how fast you drive (35 to 70 mph).

The numbers are simple Brumar. Elementary physics.