Hello,
From time to time, we get emails about using a small battery pack, perhaps about the size of an deck of cards to power their Macbooks. We also get similar emails about using solar panels about size of greeting card to power their Macbooks as well.
I'd like to address this and the power industry as a whole. Let me make it plain and simple.
It takes a lot to make power. There is absolutely no way to expect as small solar cell or a small battery to make your device essentially run indefinitely.
In fact I just saw a blog post come by saying he can make a car run on 100% electricity indefinitely! Unless he is talking a huge solar panel almost the size of an full size truck with just a cabin large enough for just one person scrunched in. He'll never be able to achieve the performance of todays cars! There is NO such thing is perpetual energy that you can actually use!
Let's not forget batteries. When was the last time you had a battery in any of your electronic device last forever? It will eventually wear out! And the cost of replacing that battery negate the whole point of saving money to begin with!
Case in point. Long time ago we used to own a golf cart. We kept replacing a battery cell almost every month! The golf cart ended up just sitting there, and we ended up using our lawn mower in place of our goft cart. Sure battery technology has gotten better today, but as battery technology gets better, it'll never compare to fuel (you think combustion technology stays still?).
Think about this, there'll never be a battery powered Boeing 777 in our lifetime.
Bottom line, please understand that the alternative energy is not what it is all made out to be. It is not a 1 to 1 replacement for todays energy.
Mikegyver.com
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