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The quantum effects may explain why the structures are so efficient at converting light into energy -- doing so at 95 percent or more.
That part is bullshit, plain and simple. Photosynthetic efficiency is well under ten percent; biological systems in general are under five percent efficient, and like all energy-using systems, much of the energy use results in waste heat. The wiki-wacky-pedia puts photosynthetic efficiency at between 3 and 6 percent. Reprise:

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7 posted on 07/21/2010 3:57:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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Most plants don’t even need to convert sunlight to energy at a HIGH EFFICIENCY.

There’s SO MUCH ENERGY in one small beam of light, if the plants could convert that much energy from it, we’d be hooking our houses up to flowers.


9 posted on 07/21/2010 4:12:54 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: SunkenCiv
That part is bullshit, plain and simple. Photosynthetic efficiency is well under ten percent; biological systems in general are under five percent efficient, and like all energy-using systems, much of the energy use results in waste heat.

Agree with that. I don't know about the Physics "quantum entanglement" side, but you're right. I guess just leave it to the intermediary reporting to confuse facts.

Although I do wonder sometimes about the ingenuousness of contemporary physics, e.g. climate modeling.

12 posted on 07/21/2010 4:30:52 PM PDT by jnsun (The Left: the need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer.)
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