Video: Are plants the future of energy?
The interaction between biology and technology is going to open up huge opportunities, says Birger Moller from the University of Copenhagen. He says we need to do more to protect biodiversity and use plants to generate energy.
Author: Birger Lindberg Moller is a professor of plant biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen.
Image: A woman walks through a field with bio-diesel in the north-eastern Greek region of Thrace. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis.
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