How about scientists STOP PULLING THIS B.S. and just start making more efficient solar cells and super-capacity batteries? Do you honestly think anyone is going to be pouring methanol into their laptops? Sure you don't have to plug it in, BUT YOU HAVE TO CARRY AROUND A F*CK!NG FLAMMABLE LIQUID!
I'd rather have a solar panel roofed car that charged a super battery I could use even while the car was off for all sorts of things....or maybe one of those solar backpacks that has a battery for storage and was so efficient I could run my laptop off it, charge my iPod and cell, nuke a Hot Pocket, etc.
Hell, how about a solar cell covered device (laptop, iPod) that charges itself? Tell me that doesn't make more sense than a methanol-filled accident waiting to happen?
Let's get real and stop inventing things because we can and start inventing things because we should...
dunno about the practicality of outfitting an increasingly small audio device with solar cells (unless of course really efficient cells come out), but I would like to see easily replaceable batteries a la mobile phones. The spare can be charged any way you like it. Solar, mains, USB, whatever. Embedded batteries are silly.
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How about scientists STOP PULLING THIS B.S. and just start making more efficient solar cells and super-capacity batteries? Do you honestly think anyone is going to be pouring methanol into their laptops? Sure you don't have to plug it in, BUT YOU HAVE TO CARRY AROUND A F*CK!NG FLAMMABLE LIQUID!
I'd rather have a solar panel roofed car that charged a super battery I could use even while the car was off for all sorts of things....or maybe one of those solar backpacks that has a battery for storage and was so efficient I could run my laptop off it, charge my iPod and cell, nuke a Hot Pocket, etc.
Hell, how about a solar cell covered device (laptop, iPod) that charges itself? Tell me that doesn't make more sense than a methanol-filled accident waiting to happen?
Let's get real and stop inventing things because we can and start inventing things because we should...
dunno about the practicality of outfitting an increasingly small audio device with solar cells (unless of course really efficient cells come out), but I would like to see easily replaceable batteries a la mobile phones. The spare can be charged any way you like it. Solar, mains, USB, whatever. Embedded batteries are silly.