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Article: Scientists hope to harness photosynthesis as cheap, nonpolluting energy source.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- March 30, 2000
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WASHINGTON _ Trees do it. Grass, weeds and pond scum do it. Now people are trying to do it.
"It" is photosynthesis, the process you studied in seventh grade by which green plants convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into the food and energy that make life possible.
In laboratories around the world, scientists are experimenting with artificial photosynthesis. Their dream is to create a inexhaustible source of nonpolluting energy and useful chemicals that will reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
``Artificial photosynthetic systems offer the possibility of producing fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide and ...