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Old 05-01-2010, 03:43 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech View Post
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.
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
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