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With global warming comes more sun.  With more sun comes more heat.  With more heat comes the need for more air conditioning, which in turn causes more global warming.  Vicious cycle.  Guess what, with all that extra sun, ALSO comes more opportunities to HARNESS its power, and use clean technology more efficiently.  Northern Tool knows this, and as such has a great deal of amazing solar power products.

The thing many of us might NOT know, however, is that clean tech like solar energy goes a lot further beyond simple solar panels.  I just found an “enlightening” (pun intended) article that highlights the ins, the outs, and the in betweens of solar energy.

It is simple enough to say that anything that is energized BY the sun are solar powered, and now you can find out all the different ways that is possible.  Here are a few:

1. Solar Thermal
2. Photovoltaics
3. Silicon
4. Thin Film
5. Solar Dyes
6. Radical Solar Technologies

Head over and read up, you might just learn something that will spark a change in yourself.  Then, go out and enjoy the sun this weekend yourself!