Artificial Photosynthesis is a real thing and soon all buildings may have it!

Artificial Photosynthesis is a real thing and soon all buildings may have it!

You probably remember photosynthesis from grade school. It’s the process through which plants convert sunlight and CO2 into oxygen and carbohydrates.

There’s been a lot of research into how we can perform this process artificially. This would be great both in producing renewable energy and in reducing dangerous CO2 emissions.

Artificial photosynthesis will also have a big impact in that it won’t compete with the food supply for land. There’s a couple of visions for how we will achieve this at a grand scale.

The first is that we have large light capture facilities near the costs where plants can split sea water into hydrogen and oxygen.

The second is that every human structure in the planet (roads, vehicles and buildings) have a special ability to do photosynthesis.

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