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1. you can start from pure vs having to purify which is very energy and cost intensive
you can avoid a lot of mining and the damage and cost that that brings, supplies are more available (inorganic can be exhausted a lot sooner)
the hope is that this will be the efficiency bump that will make renewables work
2. Her and her lab are using viruses to form carbon nanotubes into batteries and solar cells
It is quite cool
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