Green power: tapping trees for electricity
Submitted by shompa on Thu, 2009-09-17 17:08
Trees might be the source of the ultimate green power and researchers have figured out a way to plug into the power generated by trees.
Scientists have known for some time that plants can conduct electricity. In fact, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that plants can pack up to 200 millivolts of electrical power. A millivolt is onethousandth of a volt.
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