1) GoSun Stove--a portable, high efficiency, solar oven that can cook 3 pounds of food using only the sun! The sun! Check it out! It cooks everything from meat and vegetables, to muffins! It takes 20 minutes and heats up to regular oven temperatures. It bakes, it boils, it fries.Great for camping, great for extended power outages.
Taking the more wordly, philanthropic view, it is great for getting 3 billion people away from cooking with firewood and charcoal which destroys forests, thus contributing to climate change. It will save women countless hours collecting firewood, it will save people from spending huge amounts of their income on charcoal, it offers a fast way to sanitize water so it is drinkable.
You can preorder it here. When you buy one, it will help spread the technology to people in the developing world who really need it.
2) Solar Roadways--solar cells inside indestructible hexagon shaped boxes that are so strong that they can be used as road pavers. Making roads, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, and any other paved surface out of solar cells means that you can have the street lines and markings light up at night! You can have roads that stay above freezing to eliminate the need to plow snow which would be a huge boon for traffic safety, and never shovel your driveway again! You can reconfigure parking lots just by reprogramming your system! You can have alerts sent to your car to alert you if there is an animal or other obstruction on the road ahead of you! The road produces power which can be used to power electric cars (which everyone should drive someday, and soon).
It's not just a sci-fi fantasy. There is a couple who is actively working on this and has gotten support from the Federal Highway Administration to pursue it further.
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| Founders Scott and Julie with their first solar parking lot prototype |
It's really amazing what solar power can do!
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