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Things To Consider Before Installing Domestic Solar Power
We are certainly capable of surviving for a short while in the absence of sunlight, thanks of course to our technology, but it is not exactly a sustainable proposition. Sure we can even grow food in the most hostile of conditions using grow lights to mimic sunlight and enable photosynthesis in plants; but what powers those? You guessed it - oil or some other fossil fuel that itself was laid down millennia ago by primordial plant life that used sunlight to metabolize atmospheric gases.
The compelling logic then is that perhaps we should cut out the middle man and start putting all this ... A Good Straightforward Guide To LED Grow Lights
But most crucially, they need light and, as we shall see, not just any old light either.
The way that all plants grow is by photosynthesis, the process whereby carbon dioxide (CO2) is converted into the organic material that makes up the plant (carbon, proteins, sugars and so on) using energy derived from sunlight. This energy is absorbed through special proteins containing chlorophyll ... Replacing Halogen Lamps With LED Spotlights
This characteristic incidentally is why LED grow lights are catching on so quickly - because LEDs can be "tuned" to emit light at just the very specific wavelengths suitable for plant photosynthesis. For general lighting though it can make it tricky to get a good "white" light match with incandescent bulbs, and typically a special phosphor coating is used to achieve ... 
