| Justina Borda | |
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Unknown |
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Colombian |
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Phycologist |
Justina Borda was a Colombian scientist who lived before the Omnic Crisis.
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Borda worked in a time when climate changed was perhaps the greatest issue facing humanity. A phycologist who was working on the cutting edge of genetic research, she turned her team's attention to improving energy equity in her native Colombia. Her team produced a strain of algae that not only thrived in poorly oxygentated waters, but also photosynthesized at previously unknown rates. By converting this photosynthetic energy into electrical power, Borda theorized it might be possible to power remote homes and even villages.
Early attempts at designing a generator capable of interfacing with the "Borda algae" were doomed to failure. The first prototype proved incapable of absorbing that much energy, the second became effectively inert. It was only with the "Goldilocks generator," developed in conjunction with Benet Lunderville, that the Borda algae became a success. Little did Borda know at the time that her invention would kickstart a grassroots revolution in clean energy.[1]