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They are! Well, sort of... For instance, many small wind-powered generators work by using the wind to spin a wire coil inside of a ring of magnets to produce electricity. Have you seen the flashlights that don't need batteries, the ones you shake up? You are shaking a magnet around a coil of wire! The thing is, it is not really the magnet that is the source of power. When you move a wire through a magnetic field, electricity is produced. But it is really the movement that is the source of energy. If you just lay a magnet next to a wire, no power is produced. You have to move it. In the examples above, it is the wind, or the person shaking the flashlight that is the source of power. So, magnets are very helpful when it comes to producing alternative power, but you still need a source of energy too.

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