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Clean energy from coffee grounds sounds wonderful (¡°Week in higher education¡±, News, 10 September), but soaking the grounds in sodium hydroxide (made by electrolysis, very energy-intensive) and then heating the result to 900?C hardly seems environmentally friendly. Better a double espresso and then run on a treadmill for 10 minutes, methinks?

Peter B. Baker
Prestwood

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