Toward the Sustainocene with global artificial synthesis

Abstract

The rapid global deployment of artificial photosynthesis (AP) (as a zero-carbon source of hydrogen fuel, ammonia, and starch) has been proposed as a moral culmination of nanotechnology in this era of anthropogenic (or more accurately corporatogenic) climate change, loss of biodiversity, environmental degradation, and energy and food insecurity (GAP, 2011; Faunce 2012a). Successful AP technology is generally envisioned in this context as a nanotechnology device that derives energy and food through not only replicating but also improving upon the photosynthetic process by which plants store and produce energy. Show more