Plants don't really convert energy to mass.

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Plants don't really convert energy to mass.

Tom Brosz — 10/5/2005 7:49:30 PM (archived)

They use energy to move mass around, and drive chemical reactions uphill. Every measurable ounce of a plant's growth can be accounted for by normal molecules absorbed from the atmosphere and soil.

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It's time to think about it - Raoul - 9/14/2005 7:21:35 PM
- thank you - McFly - 9/15/2005 12:26:02 AM
- Air conditioning - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2005 9:33:10 PM
  - re:the Global heating - Raoul - 9/14/2005 9:54:21 PM
    - re: re:the Global heating (n/t) - AA - 10/5/2005 7:05:18 AM
    - Don't count on it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2005 10:21:39 PM
      - Hmmmm - Sam F. - 9/15/2005 6:06:47 AM
        
        re: Hmmmm - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 7:44:47 AM
      - Solar output - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 1:27:07 AM
        
        re: Solar output - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 4:43:35 AM
        
        re: I agree with part of what you said - Johannes - 9/15/2005 6:47:46 AM
        
        re: I agree with part of what you said - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 8:48:50 AM
        
        re: Thanks Tom - Johannes - 9/15/2005 6:05:42 PM
        
        One last item, then that's it for me on that subject. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 6:29:30 PM
        
        re: I think that the iron burning analogy is good - Johannes - 9/16/2005 2:26:54 AM
        
        Control rods and conversion of radiation to mass. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2005 4:19:41 AM
        
        Plants don't really convert energy to mass. - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 7:49:30 PM
        
        A bit more detail... - R.L. - 10/6/2005 7:18:02 AM
        
        You're right, of course. - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2005 7:46:13 AM
        
        On a small scale it may seem unimportant - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/6/2005 10:03:27 AM
        
        Ooops... here is the source for the first blockquote - R.L. - 10/6/2005 7:23:58 AM
        
        re: Control rods and conversion of radiation to mass. - Johannes - 9/17/2005 12:45:26 AM
        
        Yea, those fusion-based photosynthetic plants come in handy. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/16/2005 7:18:14 PM
        
        nuclear power versus other sources - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2005 8:26:29 AM
        
        re: I like the idea of - Johannes - 9/16/2005 2:48:09 AM
- A very old idea, and a good one. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2005 8:06:48 PM
  - re: A very old idea, and a good one. And in some ways spooky - FrankC - 9/14/2005 9:46:05 PM
    - BTW, "New Towns" are not a new idea either. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 12:59:59 AM
    - The very wealthy have always had options not open to the rest of us. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 10:15:45 PM
      - Yes they have.... - FrankC - 9/14/2005 10:40:15 PM
        
        Not paranoid. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2005 11:07:10 PM
        
        Choices - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2005 12:58:18 AM
    - re: Idea - Raoul - 9/14/2005 9:51:45 PM

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