Things using solar power?
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I have seen flashing traffic warning lights with solar panels. Some calculators have no battery, just a small solar cell. If there is enough room light to see the display easily it is enough to power the calculator. You can buy solar powered garden lights like the one linked below. I am sure there are many other such devices.
Prototype cars, houses (CA. has enacted a big solar power push), telephones, computers, etc. Many things are solar powered, there are magazines with tons of things in them showing solar powered things, Giam is one.
My sex machine and drive.The solar panel is on my head.
calculators (some)
Anything that requires a reasonable amount of power can be powered by solar cells. You can purchase solar panels in various wattage output.
* Small electronic devices like calculators.
* Many highway signs and other mechanical devices which are left outdoors in sunny areas are now equipped with solar panels--look as you're driving along a highway.
* Homes & buildings. Even without solar panels, most buildings use solar energy for some heat. Whenever we open the shades on a cold and sunny day, we are using solar energy to heat the room.
* Plants. Almost all plant life on earth uses solar power, and thus, almost all life on earth is fueled, indirectly, through solar power.
* Power generation...both for private homes, commercial bulidings, and actual power plants. There are a few solar power generation plants, although they're not common. Even some BP gas stations are now equipped with photovoltaic cells on the roof covering the gas pumps!
A torch would be great...don't you think?
Indirect solar energy: Every plant, animal and energy source on earth depends on solar energy. Even oil and gas are millions of years worth of trapped solar energy.
Solar Heating: Passive and active solar energy is used to heat buildings, water tanks and swimming pools througout the world. Even areas with very cold winters can use solar energy. A Wisconsin village (Soldier's grove) decided to relocate away from a river flood plain in the 1970s and became America's first solar village.
Solar Lighting: Windows are obvious, so are skylights, solo tubes and other mirror and optical fiber lighting.
Solar Electricity: Photovoltaic semiconductors or solar heated turbines generate electricity. Photovoltaic electricity is already cost effective for small devices and for any location which doesn't already have easy access to a power grid. This is why photovoltaic electricity is used for road signs, satellites, weather bouys and lighthouses.
solar panels are widely used in farming to run isolated pumps for irigation,and normal power use of residences of isolated farmers ,
and in my street there are solar cells on the street lamposts,
Also on yachts they are used to run the navigational systems and radio.
AND MANY INDEPENDENT THINKING HOUSE OWNERS ARE USING THEM TO SUPLY THEM WITH POWER FOR THEIR HOUSES ,SUCH AS LIGHTS ,music etc.
solar energy in an other form is the solar heating cells,this is not electricity but is for warm water for central heating systems and the shower
Plants for photosynthisis
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