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New material can harvest sunlight by day and release heat at night

http://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-material-can-harvest-sunlight-by-day-and-release-heat-at-night?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

As the article states, by using something like this to provide occupant heating in electric cars, it has the potential to increase cold-weather range by supplementing the vehicle's battery power.

What the article DOESN'T say is that a material like this could go a long way towards offsetting the energy loss most batteries suffer in cold weather...simply by keeping them warm, again, without using the vehicle's primary batteries to supply the energy.

 

 

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 It would be nice to see a sustainable, affordable alternative to fossil fuels, if for no other reason, than to compete with OPEC and the gouging that will surely come soon.:rolleyes:

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