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Environment & Energy

Eyeball_Kid

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1. The idea that energy could be collected through chemical means

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 01:01 PM

Mar 2017

was an idea being bounced around in the public domain about 10 years ago.

I distinctly remember reading about it and recall that clothing and other materials can be manufactured to collect and transport energy from light based upon the idea that chemical reactions are energy transfer reactions and yield an electrical charge.

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The idea that energy could be collected through chemical means Eyeball_Kid Mar 2017 #1

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