Thanks for posting this, I tried posting it as an article to slashdot but it was rejected, probably because I am not one of the 'in crowd'. The figures are very interesting.
"A leaf is about 30-40% efficient at converting light to electricity and this compares with just a 12% efficiency for conventional silicon-based solar cells."
They should be throwing a lot of money at this technology, the best bit is, it does not produce pollution.
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