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Solar Energy Becoming More Pervasive

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-long-to-pay-itself-off-with-gas-prices dept.

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 on top of car is pointless by Splork · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it can not generate enough power during a sunny day to charge the large batteries in any hybrid a useful amount. sure it might charge your cell phone or electric razor but try powering your car off one of those.

    do the math.