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To: Snowshoe who wrote (73226)	4/12/2010 3:35:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 74559

Well, sure, if IBM can do it. That's the whole point of R&D = figuring out how to do things better and cheaper, preferably by big amounts, and putting the bite on high-priced competitors who might have been enjoying big profits. Grass clippings still seem to be a pretty cheap solar energy collector, perfected for a billion years. Chlorophyll is a cheap organic molecule, made by self-replicating DNA molecules, from the free CO2 in the air. That's even cheaper than the zinc, copper, tin etc you mentioned. The damn stuff just takes over. Right now I have about 300 kg of it crowding me out, needing chain saw, axe and removal. Mqurice