Has anyone ever built a Radiometer large enough to generate electricity

Subject: Has anyone ever built a Radiometer large enough to generate electricity

Date: Sun Sep 17 22:46:09 2000
Posted by Robert C. Reinbold
Grade level: undergrad School: Texas A&M
City: Waxahachie State/Province: Texas Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 969245169.Eg

Message:


If the vanes of a radiometer spin furiously from low levels of ambient 
light,  why couldn't a very large radiometer be constructed that would 
have a generator connected to the vanes as a brake?  Does the level of 
vacumm inside the radiometer make much difference?

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