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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
Why don't people put solar panels on the roofs of their cars to capture free elcetric? That would seem to be a great thing in an electric or hybrid car, yet no one hardly does it. The only thing i can think of is the low amount of power available from solar panels.
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I crunched the numbers a while ago for a friend that has a prius. All told, the solar system would take 100k miles to pay for itself, but I think that was with $4+/gal gas. This was for a daily driver, so maximum useage of solar power was used.
Michael