http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/ Engadget Comments for Inhabitat's Week in Green: Illumicharger, thin solar cells, and a Porsche http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/
1. Normal chargers use very little energy anyway, compared to e.g. an oven, or a power shower (5 kW+)
2. It isn't going to work inside. It's too dark (it's much more dark than you perceive - think how much better cameras work outside than inside).

It's the same if you look at the Fair Energy Clock. A better idea would be to add switches to sockets like we have in the UK. That's beside the point though - idle chargers use less than a watt. It's such a trivial amount there really is no point doing anything about it (TVs on standby may be different though).

I applaud green efforts as much as the next guy, but there are only a few genuinely green things you can do:

1. Recycle, especially aluminium.
2. Build hydroelectric power stations.
3. Maybe build large scale solar thermal power stations.
4. Insulate your house.

There's a reason everything linked above is a product concept rather than an actual product. :-)]]>Feb 14th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/Feb 14th 2010 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/
there might be a breeze if you roll down the window]]>Feb 14th 2010 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/
How can you hear the engine if you have the A/C on?]]>Feb 14th 2010 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/Feb 14th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/
But... bologna is not green!]]>Feb 14th 2010 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/Feb 14th 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/
F1 featured this in there last seasons car changes.. pretty intense to be moving out of that onto a 911.]]>Feb 15th 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/It has NO battery. Energy transferred to the flywheel has to be used within 6-8 seconds.

Regenerative braking doesn't equal hybrid power...and isn't news.


]]>Feb 15th 2010 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/inhabitats-week-in-green-illumicharger-thin-solar-cells-and/]]>Feb 16th 2010 12:15AM