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Lessons in engineering.

BrettNortje said:
Sunlight carries a charge and has photons in it. the reason we see stuff around us is because the photons 'electrify' them. this is on a scale below 'fire' yet these things are illuminated due to charges. a fire is also a set of unstable electrons. heat is the only energy, making electricity from it, and that is why the bulb gets 'hot.'
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Wrong. I suggest that you study physics.
 
BrettNortje said:
Sunlight carries a charge and has photons in it. the reason we see stuff around us is because the photons 'electrify' them. this is on a scale below 'fire' yet these things are illuminated due to charges. a fire is also a set of unstable electrons. heat is the only energy, making electricity from it, and that is why the bulb gets 'hot.'
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Wrong on all counts.

Photons have no charge. Objects aren't "electrified," the light reflects off them and hits your eyes. Objects are not illuminated due to charges. Fire is not a set of unstable electrons. Heat is not the only energy, and electricity is not made from heat.

You have the basics backwards. In a lightbulb, heat isn't the source of electricity. Electricity is the source of heat! The filament acts as a resistor, heating up as electricity flows through it. An object that is hot enough will radiate photons in the visible spectrum. All objects radiate in a spectrum based on their temperature. Everyday objects you're looking at are too cold to get up into the visible spectrum, if something is "glowing" due to temperature, it's definitely not safe to touch! Your stove, a lightbulb filament, a fire. Same deal, in the end.

Fire works on more or less the same process. The combustion process released a lot of heat, the escaping gasses are hot enough to "glow," or radiate in the visible spectrum.

You clearly have no formal physics education and seem to have cobbled things together on your own... and badly.
 
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