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Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive

TheUploader writes "RenewableEnergyAccess is reporting that Solatec LLC has released a stick-on solar panel kit that charges your hybrid while parked. In related news, the world's largest photovoltaic system will be built, not on the roofs of Priuses, but on the ground of Nevada, and will provide clean energy for the US military."

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  1. Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since we got rid of that evil Mr. Burns and his sun blocker. Not to mention all that incessant hooting.

  2. Re:I thought that... by sonofagunn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, that would fit on the roof of a Prius.

  3. Re:Hybrids/Electic purity by CyricZ · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's widely known that those men want want loud and/or fast cars are often the men with the smallest penises.

    It is also widely known that compared to other men, American men have by far the smallest penises in the world. They try to make up for their genital deficit by driving the biggest, nosiest vehicles they can debt themselves into.

    Frankly, I'm glad I'm European, and I ride a bicycle. The only problem I run into is keeping my cock from getting tangled in the bike chain.

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    Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
  4. Slashdotted! by Frazbin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like a CLOUD passed over their SERVER FARM!

    Ha! Ha ha! Ha! Ha, ha ha! Ha ha, ha, ha!

    Ah, renewable energy! Endless mirth!

  5. Quite a bit... by DerekLyons · · Score: 2, Funny

    So solar power goes from providing 1x10-1000000000 of our power supply to providing 1.1x10-1000000000, that's a *lot* more prevalent - yes!

  6. Re:How to market!? by thc69 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I guess it depends on your point of view...
    You pulled out your wallet, and bought a big inneficient engine, and you pull it out and pay too much for gas.
    That's funny, because I was thinking: "Hmm...155bhp and 155ft-lb...Wow, he outran something with that puny tin can?"

    I, of course, drive an "I don't give a flying fuck about you"-mobile, because I in fact DO need to move heavy loads long distances almost every day, for my job. Of course, as a result, I've gotten so used to my elbows and knees not rattling against the plastic of the claustrophobic cockpit of a compact car, that I'll never drive anything without a bench seat again, which pretty much limits me to pickups and full size SUVs, or maybe an occasional Buick...

    Anyway, when not encumbered by my 6000 pound trailer, my "fuck you and the environment, I'm a redneck and proud of it"-mobile would probably drive circles around the "155bhp and 155ft-lb"-tincan, the "Will Somebody Please Think Of The Children"-Prius, and whatever you drive. Of course, if it failed to steer in those circles (if I was interested in handling, I'd have gotten the Toyota, but the GMC is much more comfortable and handles heavier loads), then my "you're gonna die in an accident with me"-mobile will either run over your car or shear off the roof (and your head).

    This "you're all gonna hate me now"-comment was brought to you by "I sure hope Biodiesel gets mass produced and distributed so I can buy a diesel truck next time and not have to worry about supporting the terrorists"-guy.
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  7. Re:How to market!? by God'sDuck · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Surround the electric motors in a feedback loop based on the radar/visual/whatever range to the car in front of you....Kick your feet up and relax as your car automatically paces the car in front of you. The acceleration and "braking" would be so gentle you would barely feel it."

    Geez....THAT would totally suck the fun out of driving....

    not when you hack the firmware to follow little old ladies at a distance of 0.1 inches...