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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

"Power Plant" won't be a fitting term until we can generate electricity (at a viable scale) from chloroplasts.

And wouldn't that just be solar with extra steps?

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Even better if you can use it to power a humanoid robot for a real world plant golem.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 9 months ago

fun fact: chloroplasts generate an electric potential across the cell membrane during photosynthesis. essentially, they have membrane proteins in their chloroplast membranes that push electrons from one side of the membrane to the other side whenever a photon hits the protein. It's essentially a natural photovoltaic cell.

That electric potential is then used to create ATP in nature, while we just directly extract the electrical power through cables.

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