Efficiency thoughts

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Efficiency thoughts

• Efficiency h
• hl fraction of frequencies useful for
  photosynthetic process 0.4?0.5
• hgeom passing of incoming radiation to
  chlorophyll 0.8
• hchem recombination of water/solar energy
  input 0.35
• hl hgeom hchem lt 0.14
• Respiration losses 0.4?0.5
• htotal 0.07
• Efficiency of conversion of incoming sunlight to
  stored chemical energy 7